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.
>>"I know. Sucks. But. Hey. You're still Gawain. And haven't you heard? I'm dating Gawain. So I guess we're good."
"No" she said with a sad smile "You are dating both of us." Because that was the truth.
>>"Also. Think I have to mention this. Maya is probably prettier than me."
That earned her a soft chuckle. "I seriously doubt that."
She held her, looking into her eyes, searching for what to say next.
"I can't just be Gawain, Ami. I..." sigh "I have to change every night. One day Gawain, the next day Maya. I'm the same person. I can't just give you one half. It doesn't work that way."
Wait. Wasn't practice the same thing as application? They were like... synonyms for each other. Wow. Yeah. Logic had taken a bit of a back seat there for a moment! It was a good thing that her heart had been in the right place. You know. On her sleeve?
"I know." She laughed, burying her forehead in his... wait, her... chest. "That's what I meant. Already figured that part out. Wouldn't be fair to see only one of you..." She looked up into Maya's eyes. "To treat them both like separate people would be... unscientific." At the word 'unscientific', she made a bad face. Then salvaged the bad face into a cute smile. "Right?"
>>"I know. That's what I meant. Already figured that part out. Wouldn't be fair to see only one of you... To treat them both like separate people would be... unscientific. Right?"
Maya chuckled as Ami snuggled up to her. Damn the girl and how cute she was.
"Right." she admitted "Right again."
Leave it to Ami to be always right.
"Ami, it's a big decision. And it's a lot to wrap your head around. I mean... it's pretty messed up for a first relationship. Really."
"Could be worse." Snuggle snuggle. "I'd have murdered you if you hadn't told me." She smiled.
She was lying, right? Right?
"And at least I was right. God. What if you'd actually been your sister? I'd have died."
Death was, apparently, the topic of the hour.
"I think I can deal with this." After all, it beat death. And like she'd said... Maya was prettier than her. A girl had to respect the fact that she thought another girl was gorgeous. It probably meant something. Maybe.
>>"Could be worse. I'd have murdered you if you hadn't told me."
Maya blinked. Right. That was close... and that was exactly why she did not tell Ami that she never exactly told her, she figured it out on her own. Details, details...
>>"And at least I was right. God. What if you'd actually been your sister? I'd have died. I think I can deal with this."
"Well, you would have cheated on me with me" she grinned at her, kissing her forehead "So how about we take this slow, okay? I want you to take some time before you make up your mind. And get used to, well... me being me."
"That sounds good," Amelia agreed. Because, really. How could they take it fast? "I want to get to know you better, anyways. We've only been on two dates." Smirk. "Technically, this could be date three."
Which worked out just fine. Because hadn't she wanted to get Maya a date today? Yeah, she sure had. Well, she supposed that's what this would be.
>>"That sounds good. I want to get to know you better, anyways. We've only been on two dates. Technically, this could be date three."
Maya laughed. Things were starting to look a little bit brighter.
"Sure. Date three sounds good. So, we get to ask all the embarrassing questions now?"
That was what date three was for, right? At least in some book, somewhere. It had to be. There were a lot of embarrassing questions in need of asking...
>>"Sure. Date three sounds good. So, we get to ask all the embarrassing questions now?"
Embarrassing questions? Um.
"Alright. Ask away," Amelia chuckled. "Please, give a second, though, to hide my embarrassment. (In advance)." She steeled her resolve with a serious look, made a straight face. "Okay, done. Go for it."
Amelia nodded. "Yeah. You're my first girlfriend. Not my first boyfriend, though." Although, technically, the first that had actually gotten a kiss. Gotta love core Family Values.
She supposed it was her turn. "Think we should move out of the changing room and finish buying these clothes before we do more embarrassing questions?" She asked. She smiled smartly and waited for a response.
>>"Yeah. You're my first girlfriend. Not my first boyfriend, though."
"Oh." Maya nodded. Good to know. Hm.
>>"Think we should move out of the changing room and finish buying these clothes before we do more embarrassing questions?"
"Sure. It's your turn anyway. Take your time" she grinned, kissing her on the cheek before she climbed back into the mirror, and back to the other booth to pick up the rest of the shirts. And change back. She was only buying the one she had been wearing when they kissed. For nostalgia.
Once out of the booth, they moved on to buy the shirts. Because that's what you do on a shopping trip.
Ultimately, Amelia only bought one shirt. The one with the panda face. She noticed Maya had bought the shirt she'd kissed her in, too. 'Great minds', she thought.
The changing time had given her a chance to ponder questions to ask. She still didn't have a good idea for one, though. Kind of weird. Lots of questions she could ask. But it was hard settling on just one.
Holding the bag in one hand, she turned towards Maya, after they'd finished buying the shirts and made their way out of the store, nearing the food court. "So. Where do you want to go? Probably some place we can sit down and talk." Ice cream was an option. So was the gourmet Chinese food place with the panda mascot.
She liked pandas. Maya would just have to deal with that. And good food.
Amelia nodded towards the place. "Option 1."
She gestured like a tour guide towards ice cream. "Option 2."
>> "So. Where do you want to go? Probably some place we can sit down and talk. Option 1. Option 2."
Maya looked at both, then nodded. "In that order."
Because, why can't you just do both, right?
Chinese did sound good. It did taste good too. And Maya was kind of starving. So, once they got a decent amount of food and found a nice table away from the crowd... it was time for questions.
Pondering continued. How could she get out of asking Gawain a bunch of questions? The gears were turn, turn, turning in her head.
Her hand wrapped around Maya's as she led them towards the line for Chinese. Her bag dangled from the forearm of her free arm. Luckily, the line was short. They'd either beat, or just missed, the rush.
"How about I treat you?" She offered Maya the deal of the lifetime. "If you treat me at ice cream."
Turning to the fast food worker, Amelia ordered. Then, it was Maya's turn. They got their number, found an unoccupied table, and waited.
>>"How about I treat you? If you treat me at ice cream."
"Deal." Maya smirked. They would probably not be able to eat as much ice cream as the Chinese food cost, but oh well. She could always be a gentleman on Gawain days. Technically, she was not a knight.
Sitting down at their table, she smiled at Ami. So far, so good. This was starting to resemble a relatively normal date.