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 Pharoah Dynasty
An ancient sorceress is on a quest to bring her long-lost warrior-king to the modern era in a bid for global domination. Can the heroes of the modern world stop her before all is lost?
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.
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Aside from standing around and offering creative input, there wasn't much for a man in a salon to do. All one could do was stand, and watch. At least Kealey made the watching part easy.
Some time around the end of the haircut, Shin plopped down on a nearby chair with a tired sigh. "I think I'm ready," He said.
Was this what waiting on a woman was like? Since that's exactly what it was, he guessed so... sheesh. At least it wasn't a wedding. Then, he'd be waiting on the bride for hours, and unable to see her before the big words. That would be torture. Especially not seeing Kealey.
Someone approached on Shin's right. Another hairdresser. She held scissors in her hands dangerously, and smiled. "What're you havin'?" She asked, Brooklyn accent thick as butter.
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Kealey grinned at Shin in the mirror as often as possible. He was so sweet for sitting here and waiting with her while she got her hair cut. Kealey wasn’t dumb, she knew that most guys would never do anything like that for their girlfriends. She was a lucky girl.
Shin announced that he was ready for his haircut, and got a stylist who was very different from the one Kealey had gotten. She was just getting ready to laugh, when the hairdryer shut off and her own stylist declared her finished and spun the chair so Kealey could see in the mirror.
”Oh….” Kealey breathed, a wide smile spreading across her features as she looked at the overall effect of the haircut. ”You did so well. I love it!” she said as the girl removed the smock and all that jazz.
Kealey's new haircut stopped just above her shoulders, curling smoothly under. She grinned. The straightened hair suited her. At least she thought so. The real test though was yet to come. Kealey hopped up from her seat and made her way over to where Shin was now sitting.
”What do you think?” she asked, spinning for him and ignoring hte pained look of the stylist, ”And did you tell her about the highlights?”
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Shin's eyes crept open as Kealey addressed him. He looked her way as she spun, ignoring the creepy hairdresser's eyes. One word escaped him, intoning with it everything he felt. "Beautiful."
The hairdresser looked the blond's way, and clicked her tongue. "I don't think it'd look good on you." She said bluntly.
"Highlights," Shin emphasized sternly, focus returning to the hairdresser. "I'll let the Lovely Kealey explain." He drew attention to the blond who caught everyone's eye with a magician's sweep of his hand.
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Good. Shin liked her hair. Kealey giggled with a little relief…if he’d hated it…that would have been a problem. He liked it though, and Kealey grinned, reaching up and feeling for her hair. It was so much shorter now! Oh well, she’d get used to it.
The blond had to laugh at Shin’s stylist, instantly liking the woman when she teased him, then laugh a little more when he deflected the question of style back onto her.
” He wants highlights.” Kealey said, moving up behind Shin in the chair and reaching so she could show the stylist where she thought the highlights would look best. The woman nodded, reasonably impressed at the blond’s eye. ”Not too much though, we’re not going for the boy band look.”
Kealey leaned forward, dropped a kiss on Shin’s cheek and went to sit in the next chair, ”I leave him in your capable hands.”
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"Hear that?" The hairdresser asked Shin. "She thinks I'm capable. How nice of her."
Shin's voice wavered. "Y-you aren't?"
"We'll find ooooooout~" The woman said, and spun the chair around, whipping a cape around Shin's neck. Scissors clicked and things moved around the counter as the woman got to work.
A short while later, she spun the chair back around, away from the sink, towards Kealey and the mirror. "Well," she asked. "What do you think?"
Shin looked to Kealey for opinions. "I'm not bald, right?" He hoped.
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Kealey had been watching the whole time, still grinning as the woman with the scissors went to work. At one point, she’d grabbed a magazine and started flipping through pages. Highlights took a little time. Kealey simply enjoyed what was a backward ticking timer to the time they’d have to leave.
She’d just made it to page 433 of last June’s Vogue when Shin’s voice rang out, and she looked up with a smile.
”Bald? Of course not. I didn’t tell her to make you bald.” Kealey grinned, setting the Vogue aside and standing up to get closer and inspect the woman’s work.
”You did an incredible job as well.” the blond beamed, then looked to Shin.
”It looks great.” Kealey said, then sighed. ”I guess it’s time to go then.”
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The woman cleaned Shin off, and undid the cape. Then, she set him free. "Guess so," He said, smiling. He grabbed Kealey's hand. Together, they hit the register. And then, they left for the bus.
"See?" Shin said, looking to Kealey. "I told you this would improve your mood. Plus, you look amazing. As was to be expected."
Just because they were on the bus didn't necessarily mean they had to head back to the mansion, though... in fact... "So, hey..." Shin said innocuously, glancing out the window. "You ever give any thought to moving out of the mansion? Something my sister mentioned got me thinking..."
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This was definitely a good salon, Kealey thought as they paid and made their way out. Outside…the rain had stopped and the sun was trying to poke its way through the clouds. Today hadn’t turned out too badly at all. They headed for the bus.
Shin spoke and Kealey nodded her head. The trip out of the Mansion had improved her mood, a ton. It was nice to hear that he liked the haircut too. This was nice.
”You look great too.” she said softly, watching through the window and sighing a bit at the relaxation that was quickly being replaced by all the city emotions. Shin asked her a question, and Kealey frowned a bit, shrugging her shoulders.
“I’ve thought about it. “ she said, ”It’s closer to school and everything, but it’s kind of far away from you. The Mansion is fine….” she said, trying to put on a brave face, ”Just not at the end of May.”
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She didn't understand. Shin tried harder. "My sister," He emphasized. "Just moved in with her boyfriend in the city. She says she's very happy." He looked Kealey expectantly in the eye. "Also, the other day I got yelled at by a teacher for setting a bad example for students, always scampering around from my room to yours, at all hours. Ahem. All hours." He repeated. "Catch my drift?"
He sure hoped she did. It was difficult being blunt. Actually, it wasn't. It just wasn't as fun as being convoluted and sly.
Kealey really did look great, too. He didn't think he'd mind spending more time with her... even if it meant sharing a closet. And hey. She already wore half his clothes. It wasn't like this arrangement would change so much.
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Shin tried again, Kealey could feel his sort of insistent patience as he laid the situation out for her. Apparently Sasami was moving in with her boyfriend in the city. They were very happy living together. Shin had also caught some flack about their co-habitation…habit…from a teacher at the school.
Kealey frowned. That was rather unfair. There were several couples who had sleepovers at the Mansion from time to time….wait a minute.
Kealey turned her new haircut and frowny face towards Shin, the frown quickly turning upside down. ”I might be wrong here…but are you suggesting that the distance problem could be solved if you came with me?” If it wasn’t what he was suggesting, boy would Kealey be embarrassed…but if it was...Kealey took a second to think about that. Living together. Living with Shin...officially. Yeah. That was definitely okay. She waited to see if she was right.
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"Kealey," Shin donned a lopsided grin. "That is exactly what I am saying."
Ding ding ding, she'd caught on. Excellent.
"I think it's a good idea. I mean, we practically live together, already. Your apartment allows pets, right?" That last thought was important. A Norse God's happiness depended on it.
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Suddenly, there were only two people on the bus. Kealey positively beamed. Shin made good points, they already practically lived together. They spent all their spare time together, and they both loved it. She had the apartment, it wasn’t being used.
” They allow unicorns and giant red guys…I can’t imagine them having a problem with Thor.” she said, still grinning. This was a big moment…
“ This…” she said trailing off. There was a lot in that ‘this’. It was something she hadn’t really thought would ever happen. Why it was such a big deal all of a sudden, Kealey didn’t know. Like Shin said, they’d practically been living together for a while now. This was kind of official though… Kealey said and did the only thing she could think of.
” I love you.” she said, then pounced kissed her boyfriend, the fact that they were on a public transport completely forgotten for the moment.
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>>” They allow unicorns and giant red guys…I can’t imagine them having a problem with Thor.”
Shin grinned. This was good. This was very good. This...
>>“ This…”
Was getting tacklepouncekissed by his girlfriend as mach speeds. Otherwise known as heaven. Shin melted under the kiss, cupping the back of Kealey's head with one hand, other hand drifting down to press on the small of her back.
When he got the chance to come back up for air, Shin chuckled. "I love you, too." There was a sparkle in his eye.
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There was definitely something to be said about forgetting you were in a public place. When it was finally time to come up for air, Kealey’s cheeks were pink and awareness of other people in the general area was filtering back. She blushed harder.
Shin reciprocated her ‘I love you’ and Kealey just smiled, deciding that more kissing would probably have to wait for later. ”So when?” she asked, suddenly eager to be out of the Mansion, ” We’ll need to do some rearranging over there.”
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Shin's hands slid from the small of her back and the back of her head, to rest on her sides. Shin stared into her eyes lovingly. "The sooner, the better. This Saturday. I can get us packed and ready to move by then."
For the moment, all the details involved in the move didn't matter to Shin. He wasn't worried about them. Wasn't worried about relocating his husky, his junk, or his life. All he cared about was the girl in his arms. This might have been a huge life change, but... they could handle it. Heck. They could fly.