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.
Posted by ladyspade on Jun 3, 2007 16:38:47 GMT -6
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Jamal held Ruby's hand as they walked down the street to Starbucks. Ruby didn't much care for coffee and neither did Jamal but they had new fruit frapaccinos and iced tea. Jamal was quiet, unusually quiet and Ruby, though she waws very concerned, decided not to pry.
The busy crowds in the coffee center seemed to almost walk over the two kids as they entered. Jamal politely shifted his hand so that Ruby knew to walk behind him as he made a way for them to approach the counter. They ordered, he paid and waited patiently while the crowd adjusted itself so they could find a seat.
The wait was long but they managed to snag a window seat. Jamal pulled out Ruby's chair and they sat in an awkward silence while the world went on without them. Finally Ruby couldn't take it and she spoke up.
"What's wrong?" "nothing." he answered and gave a weak smile. "so why are we here?" " I just thought it would be nice to be here." "why? We never do things like this, Jamal. It's not something we do." Jamal waited for a minute and sighed. "I love you Ruby." She smiled and wiggled her ears beneath her hood. "I know. I love you too."
"And I would never hurt you..." Ruby didn't respond but a concerned look came over her face. "I...but I just do some stupid things sometimes."
"Spit it, Jamal." "I...I cheated."
It seemed to Ruby that the room and it's walls were twisting and turning in a nauseating fashion. Blood rushed to her face and tears rushed to her eyes as she gave him the most confused and hurt look a girl ever gave anyone.
"I'm so-"
"With who? When, where?" the tears streamed down her cheeks as she asked her final question. "why..?"
"I don't really know her, she was just some girl at that party I went to a few months ago...."
"What did you do?"
Jamal looked away. "it doesn't matter."
"you slept with her?" Ruby whispered. "You did!"
"I'm sorry, we had just had this conversation about how you weren't ready and..and I just really needed-"
"It was that bad Jamal? You needed sex that badly!?"
"I thought I did. Daria spoke to me, Emmy threatened me... I thoguth about it. I didn't need to do what I did, I was being stupid."
"You weren't gonna tell me?"
"no, honestly. I know I'm not going to do it again. I just figured I could brush it under the rug. But my conscience is killing me and we grow closer every day...I needed to tell you."
Ruby shook her head, angry tears burning her eyes. "Jamal, how could you-...." suddenly she stopped and took a deep breath, looking at Jamal's glassy, pleading stare, his tired eyes, his wilting mouth. She looked out the window and watched as a nearly white pigeon hopped about the ground, then flew up and perched on a mailbox, staring at her with red eyes.
Finally she grabbed a tissue and wiped her face, taking another deep breath. Though she was still fighting off stinging upset tears she managed to speak in a calm voice.
"It was two months ago."
Jamal looked up at her puzzled.
"It's okay."
".....what?"
"I can't get too mad. You've been through enough torture, especially if you've spoken to my sisters and Daria. And I know you feel guilty." she sighed.
"Wait...things are okay?" "Well..you know..." Ruby shrugged. "I'm not right over it. But I'm not going to break up with you. Just..don't do it again."
"I won't Ruby!" Jamal pormised eagerly and leaned over the table to kiss her cheek." they smiled warmly at eachother as the noise in the cafe seemed to die.
Ruby sipped on her fruit drink, deep in thought about things. The fox girl had been hit with allot of things for the past few days, Mike coming back, her mother coming on regular visits to the institute, Emmy getting hurt and now this. It was getting to be to much for the girl to bear.
However in the midst of this deep thought Ruby had ended up up giving herself a brain freeze. The fox girl yelped clutching her head in pain with a whimper.
"Owwie...." She whined
Jamal had not really been paying attention for he to was in thought but when he heard his girlfriend yelped he was snapped out of his trance.
"Ruby whats wrong?!" Jamal asked, looking at her concerned.
"Brain freeze," Ruby grumbled, rubbing her sore temples.
"What?! I was all worried and ready to do the Heimlich maneuver because you had a brain freeze!" Jamal exclaimed, slightly flustered.
Ruby smiled lightly, feeling like this was needed to lighten the mood a bit.
Posted by ladyspade on Jun 3, 2007 18:05:33 GMT -6
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Jamal laughed. "Do you want a hot drink?" "No, of course not." Ruby giggled weakly. Another silence settled in. "I'm a good girlfriend, right?"
"Of course you are, Rubes!"
"Then it's alright that I'm not ready?" Jamal sighed. "I'm such a jerk. Yes, Ruby it's totally okay, ask anyone and the fault will never be yours. What I did was a relflection of me being a bad boyfriend, not a result of you being a bad girlfriend." he returned her weak smile.
Posted by ladyspade on Jun 3, 2007 18:57:30 GMT -6
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Jamal watched Ruby's eyes and knew that things weren't right and wouldn't be for a while.
"is there anything I can do to make things better?"
"Was it worth it?" Ruby asked suddenly. "Did it satisfy you?" "I was drunk. I don't remember it. And yeah, I still have the urge but now i only want to do it with you."
"And you know I'm not ready, so what are you going to do?"
"Wait." Jamal shrugged. "And take cold showers." he grinned nad Ruby laughed sincerely.
Ruby felt the need to push this thing in the back of her mind, in order to keep it for future reference. As her mother always said. "hell hath no fury than a woman scorned."
"Jamal do you think Emmy is going to be okay?" Ruby asked, trying to change the subject. She was worried about her elder sister, she was also worried about sapphire, but she wouldn't voice that out loud.
"Yea I'm sure she will be fine." He responded, grabbing her hand. He noticed her about to pull away but at the last minute decided not to.
"I know...but she hasn't been hurt like that since the labs. She may have nightmares, or she may need me." The kit replied.
"You're cute when you worry about you're sister." Jamal said, "You're always cute."
"Yea, yea quit trying to suck up Jamal." Ruby stated dryly.
"I'm sorry." Jamal replied, shot down. He felt a small peck on his cheek and looked at Ruby with surprise.
"You're cute when you're racked with guilt." Ruby smiled, her mind still going on about em.
Posted by ladyspade on Jun 4, 2007 19:44:48 GMT -6
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Motivated, Jamal continued to talk. "Well, you girls have been through so much, and I know it seems like Emerald's heart gets hurt the most but, from what Daria has told me about Johnny, the girl is probably better off without him."
Jamal saw Ruby wince-she understood her sister's feelings. "I mean I know, maybe he was her first love or something but he was a homocidal maniac! You know what he did to Dar, maybe I'm bias, but if he was only nice to Emerald and not the two people that looked after when she was in trouble...i mean what kind of guy is that?"
Ruby seemed to be torn between both sides, understanding Jamal and empathizing with her sister. Her eyes were downcast.
"Ruby..."
"Jamal...you don't understand...Emerald just keeps-"
"Attracting heartbreak and then staying internally angry...getting into trouble as a way of releasing that anger? Emerald seems to be a magnet for danger?"
Ruby's eyes seemed a bit astonished at his knowledge "..yeah.."
"Daria too, Ruby. Her first boyfriend didn't wait a damn week until after she was presumed dead to get another girl. She was raped by some idiot who thought he was king of the freaking world-Daria's been in more fights than I would even think possible, hell she came to the mansion on some shady government mission. I know what traumatizing things do to people, Ruby." his face softened. "And I also Know that people like Daria and especially people who get to be around Daria...pull through."
Ruby sighed depply, "I just dont think emmy has anything to pull through from. I sometimes think she will be stuck in this rut for the rest of her life."
"Oh come on Ruby you cant really think that!"Jamal exclaimed
"Well Emerald has had a pyscho chassing her who wants to rape her, Johnny who is now a homicidal maniac and to top that all off the first guy she fell in love with before Johnny was not only an ass but he was abusiv-" Ruby stopped, eyes dienining a bit.
Jamal's jaw dropped, "Wait...that guy she fell in love with, the one that called her a monster. He was abusive? Wait...someone abusing Emmy without her fighting against it? That seems off."
Ruby sighed deeply, ears flattening beneath her hat. "I know, but he wasnt doing it that long,just towards the end. It was emotional abuse. He had been saying that he needed to do it because Fusionist would kill him if he didnt, but when he was hitting on emmy, for the last time, he told her he had been enjoying causing her pain. That was why she lost her cool."
Posted by ladyspade on Jun 4, 2007 20:39:17 GMT -6
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Jamal nodded in solemn silence. "that makes a little more sense now.
'However, this just means she has even MORE to pull through from. She just needs a little more of a push. Daria is going to keep her safe, so will Mike. Sapphire acts a little weird but she loves you two." After a moment's thought.
"If anything...I'll do what I have to to make sure Emerald is alright."
Ruby looked into his eyes and smiled. He and Emerald didn't always get along but Jamal seemed to know that was because Emmy wanted to best for Ruby. Jamal still meant what he said, any friend of Daria's was a friend of his.
Ruby smiled lightly at Jamal. Kissing him on the lips, her tail curled around her body beneath her shirt. "You always think of the right thing to say dont you?' Ruby smiled "BUt how about we get to going home, I want to check on emmy."
Posted by ladyspade on Jun 6, 2007 18:29:04 GMT -6
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Jamal grinned and stood, taking both their empty cups and held out his hand. She stood and took it looking him in the eyes shortly.
"Is everything okay?" Jamals asked casually.
Ruby nodded. "I'm not going to dwell on this, this is all I'm going to say. I forgive you, Jamal because I love you. However, I love myself more and if anything like this happens again, you will lose me forever." she said.
Jamal looked shock but he kept his composure, his feelings showing in his eyes. "I understand." then he grinned.
"What?" Ruby said.
"I'm gonna buy you ice cream...so that you'll chill"