The X-men run missions and work together with the NYPD, striving to maintain a peaceful balance between humans and mutants. When it comes to a fight, they won't back down from protecting those who need their help.
Haven presents itself as a humanitarian organization for activists, leaders, and high society, yet mutants are the secret leaders working to protect and serve their kind. Behind the scenes they bring their goals into reality.
From the time when mutants became known to the world, SUPER was founded as a black-ops division of the CIA in an attempt to classify, observe, and learn more about this new and rising threat.
The Syndicate works to help bring mutantkind to the forefront of the world. They work from the shadows, a beacon of hope for mutants, but a bane to mankind. With their guiding hand, humanity will finally find extinction.
Since the existence of mutants was first revealed in the nineties, the world has become a changed place. Whether they're genetic misfits or the next stage in humanity's evolution, there's no denying their growing numbers, especially in hubs like New York City. The NYPD has a division devoted to mutant related crimes. Super-powered vigilantes help to maintain the peace. Those who style themselves as Homo Superior work to tear society apart for rebuilding in their own image.
MRO is an intermediate to advanced writing level original character, original plot X-Men RPG. We've been open and active since October of 2005. You can play as a mutant, human, or Adapted— one of the rare humans who nullify mutant powers by their very existence. Goodies, baddies, and neutrals are all welcome.
Short Term Plots:Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
The Fountain of Youth
A chemical serum has been released that's shaving a few years off of the population. In some cases, found to be temporary, and in others...?
MRO MOVES WITH CURRENT TIME: What month and year it is now in real life, it's the same for MRO, too.
Fuegogrande: "Fuegogrande" player of The Ranger, Ion, Rhia, and Null
Neopolitan: "Aly" player of Rebecca Grey, Stephanie Graves, Marisol Cervantes, Vanessa Bookman, Chrysanthemum Van Hart, Sabine Sang, Eupraxia
Ongoing Plots
Magic and Mystics
After the events of the 2020 Harvest Moon and the following Winter Solstice, magic has started manifesting in the MROvere! With the efforts of the Welldrinker Cult, people are being converted into Mystics, a species of people genetically disposed to be great conduits for magical energy.
The Welldrinker Cult
A shadowy group is gaining power, drawing in people who are curious, vulnerable, or malicious, and turning them into Mystics. They are recruiting people into their ranks to spread the influence of magic in the world, but for what end goal?
Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
Adapteds
What if the human race began to adapt to the mutant threat? What if the human race changed ever so subtly... without the x-gene.
Atlanteans
The lost city of Atlantis has been found! Refugees from this undersea mutant dystopia have started to filter in to New York as citizens and businessfolk. You may make one as a player character of run into one on the street.
Got a plot in mind?
MRO plots are player-created the Mods facilitate and organize the big ones, but we get the ideas from you. Do you have a plot in mind, and want to know whether it needs Mod approval? Check out our plot guidelines.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on May 28, 2011 21:46:33 GMT -6
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”Okay.” she said, looking through the crowd to see if she could catch anyone’s eye so she could wave. She looked back at Shin to see him waving at Sasami. That apparently meant that they could get a different ride back to the hotel.
Why was everything taking so long to process all of a sudden?
Shin had her hand, pulling her through the crowd, and she followed docilely. It was probably a good thing that they were taking off now, the party was starting to ramp up to a level that was difficult. They made it outside, and the cold, December air helped to clear her head.
” Heck of a party…” Kealey said, looking over her shoulder, before grinning back in Shin’s general direction, brain only slightly fuzzy.
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Shin grinned back at her. "We're lucky we got out before everyone got drunk. Hold on a second." Shin spun her close, and hugged Kealey tight. Then, he started to focus. It only took a few seconds. A sky-black platform appeared in front of them. Shin helped Kealey up, then pulled her into a kiss.
As they kissed, the platform rose up into the sky. While his breath might have turned to mist in front of his face in the cold winter air, together, the two were very warm.
Reluctantly, Shin pried his attention free of Kealey's embrace, and turned it to less important matters. Like flying. And navigating back to their hotel.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on May 29, 2011 12:19:33 GMT -6
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Kealey would have nodded her head at Shin’s wisdom when he pointed out how lucky they were to have avoided drunkenness at the party. As fuzzy as her head had started getting, too much longer would have been pushing the limits of her social capabilities. She didn’t have time to say much of anything though, and before she knew it, Shin was helping her up onto a shard platform so they could fly back to the hotel . Then he kissed her, and all thoughts of the party, drunken emotions, the hotel, flying, the current air temperature, and pretty much everything else fled her mind.
Kealey never questioned why it was so easy to block everything else out at times like these, and simply melted into the feelings for a few moments as they rose into the sky. After what could have been a long time, but felt far too short to the blond, Shin started to navigate them back towards the hotel.
Kealey stayed where she was, wrapping her arms around Shin’s waist and laying her head against his shoulder as they floated over the city. The view was absolutely amazing, and there really just wasn’t much to say. Besides, she didn't want to distract Shin when the only thing keeping them in the air was his mental prowess. Honestly though, who needed a taxi? Or a Christmas party? This was much…much better.
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on May 29, 2011 20:31:40 GMT -6
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The platform touched down on the ground, just outside the hotel. It lowered from the sky, right in front of the valet, forcing him to spill his coffee in surprise. The platform vanished, and the two lovebirds slipped past him with the tiniest of waves. Up the elevator shaft, and to the hotel room, they went.
Shin closed the door, and locked it shut. Then, he turned to Kealey and pressed a finger against her lips. "Wait here."
He slipped across the room.
In one of his bags, there was a present for Kealey. It was something he figured she'd get a kick out of. It wasn't a big package. In fact, the box was quite small. It only took a moment to locate. Shin glanced up from his kneel by the bag, towards Kealey, then got to his feet. He hid the box behind his back as he approached her, grin on his face.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on May 29, 2011 20:43:15 GMT -6
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The valet had the funniest reaction when they touched down in front of the hotel and Kealey spared him a small smile as they moved past. Not everyone got to fly on a regular basis, she didn’t judge the poor man too harshly.
The trip up to their room was short but still felt like too long, and when they got there, Kealey waited patiently and quietly as Shin hurried across the room. It only took a few moments for him to retrieve the small package and as he made the return trip, Kealey grinned in anticipation and almost giddy excitement.
”Something for me?” she asked, holding out her hands. ”I’ve got something for you too." she added with a grin that just might have been a little wicked.
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on May 29, 2011 20:47:58 GMT -6
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"Oh yeah?" Shin smirked.
That wasn't a guess.
He brought the tiny box out from behind his back. It was a black box, covered in light velvet.
"This isn't a proposal." Shin went down on one knee, cracking open the box. In it, a replica of the Zaruba ring from GARO sat on white cotton. "It's just a Christmas gift I thought you'd like. But that doesn't mean it isn't fun to practice." Shin smiled. He took her hand. On went the ring.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on May 29, 2011 21:11:18 GMT -6
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Oh, what a present. Kealey had to admit, her face had gone a little scarlet and her heart had skipped a beat or two when the box was produced. Had all that talking from Shin’s mother made an impact?
No. It hadn’t. Kealey grinned broadly as Shin dropped to his knee. If that was a strange reaction to someone announcing that there was no proposal going on, Kealey didn’t know. Somehow, if it happened, she wanted to be positive it had all been Shin’s idea.
” It’s still super fun to practice.” the blond agreed, checking out the ring and pulling Shin up by his hands so she could kiss him.
”Your turn.” she said, slipping around him and grinning at how their gifts had almost been in the same line of thought, if in slightly different ways.
Kealey moved to the little closet the hotel had to offer and retrieved a box with an almost disproportionately large bow. Shin didn’t know it, because she’d done all the work while he was out a few days ago, but the inside held framed shots from the same series that had inspired the ring currently on her hand. They were significant scenes. She approached. Hopefully he’d like it.
”Don’t hurt the bow.” she said, with that same silly little, slightly wicked grin.
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She really liked it. Shin had always known she would.
He returned the kiss, lingering too short, he thought. Then pulled away for Kealey's gift. He watched as she snuck around him to fetch it, paying close attention to her. And her hiding place. Shin smirked. It was a good thing he wasn't in the habit of rooting around for gifts. Usually, they were worth the wait.
The present wasn't world-breaking in its hugeness, but the bow. It was a rather healthy-looking bow. As she approached, he pondered the contents of the box.
One never knew with boxes, these days. While it might have looked fair-sized, it could have contained something smaller. Sometimes, people put tiny things in huge boxes. The tiny things usually held as much importance as something of a size relative to their current container. The one certainty, it seemed, was that one could not fit something larger inside a container too small. It wasn't like people wandered around with things that were bigger on the inside. Although that would have been cool.
>>”Don’t hurt the bow.” Kealey said, as she handed him the box. He took it, carefully, and delicately extracted it from both bow, and wrapping paper. Shin glanced up at her, curiously. He'd liked that tone, and the look. Something was up. He could not yet place it, but he knew. Something. Direction: Up. Shin glanced down at the contents of the package.
"Well," He noted with a chuckle. "It looks like Shaquille o'Neal's face shall no longer plague my wall. These are awesome. Thank you, Kealey." His eyes snapped up to her wicked grin. "Now, what was it you wanted to save the bow for, exactly...?" Shin trailed with a suspecting smirk.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on May 30, 2011 9:23:13 GMT -6
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Oh good. He liked the present. Had she been asked, she’d have vehemently denied any intentions of having Shaq removed from Shin’s walls…but internally she’d have had to admit that she’d be glad to see the creepy flexing arms picture go. These were much better.
Kealey’s grin widened at the curiosity Shin was feeling and the smirk that was starting to spread across his features. She reached out to snag the bow from his hands with another short, sweet kiss. ” Don’t spoil the surprise.” she giggled, then turned and fled into the bathroom, hoping the giggling hadn’t spoiled the mood she’d been trying to establish.
Maybe it had been a little obvious, putting the bow on the other present, but Kealey wasn’t going to nitpick at this point. Everything seemed to be going off without a hitch. Preparations for the final gift of the evening then got underway, and while Kealey wasn’t sure she could pull this whole thing off, the idea had simply been too…too…too…something to pass up.
Glancing in the mirror simply made Kealey blush scarlet and start losing her nerve, so she opted for removing the pins from her hair blind, hoping she got them all as it fell down around her shoulders. A few more adjustments, and Kealey stood at the door, hand reaching for the handle. Hoping beyond hope that all of this would work out the way she’d planned, the blond grabbed the handle and pulled the door open.
There she stood, wearing nothing but a very large, very strategically placed bow and the Zaruba ring that Shin had just given her.
”Merry Christmas?” she said, wondering how it was even possible to blush this much.