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 rainewater on Nov 2, 2007 22:01:00 GMT -6
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ooc: I decided I'd lay some foundation plot for Naveed. He wont make himself known to Raina until after the camps plot, but anyone can come and chat with him. He wont make himself known as a mutant... unless of course you're ok with him controlling you a bit in that case, PM me. His profile is in the character's section!
He sniffed the air. His long dark hair in his eyes so he pulled it back with one swift movement into a string behind his head. His exotic eyes- like his sisters- shown brightly as he scanned the city. Why Raina would want to live in a place like this he didn't know. Especially when she could be a queenback home.
No, he didn't like it one bit. The air was dirty. Everything was dirty. There was no pristine white purity like his ice cold home. He stuck out like a sore thumb it was true- still wearing his parka though it was merely the beginning of november. His brown skin didn't paint him as an outcast... it was his mere precense.
As he walked he reflected on the past few days. He'd followed Raina's trail all the way to a giant home that lie in ruins. There was nobody left there but his hunter instincts told him she'd been their recently... so he scoured the streets looking for any sign of her.
Finally when the sky was dark he took a seat on a bus stop bench. He breathed through flared nostrils looking intimidatingly bigger than the little man sitting next to him.
"You new in this city Mac?" Asked the man tilting his head nearly 90 degrees to see all of Naveed.
Naveed looked at him curiously. "No Mac. Naveed."
"You seem a little strange." said the man. "not from around here I can tell. I's been living here since the twenties you know. Oh the twenties..." the man started to ramble and Naveed tuned him out.
Finally when it became aggrivating enough Naveed made eye contact with the man and his eyes became a brilliant crimson.
"Go someplace else, now. " and as an after thought he added "safe"
The man looked at Naveed's eyes as if transfixed and then blinking a moment he stood up. "well I'll be going sonny boy, got to go some place else... safe!" he said with a smile and a wave. "You enjoy your time here in the big apple!"
Naveed rubbed his temples while the man walked away. How Raina dealt with these annoyances he couldnt fathom
Posted by rainewater on Nov 7, 2007 0:11:20 GMT -6
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After a considerable amount of time passed and Naveed had been sitting quite still for quite sometime- he decided the attention from local pigeons was too much to bare. Having been the kind of man who could sit still for hours, pidgeons seem to mistake him for a statue. He had never seen these birds before - they didnt live in the artic. He did not liek them either- all this pooping and nonesence. New York was certainly a dirty place. As another pidgeon landed to perch on his arm, naveed lost his patience "STAY AWAY" he comanded with glowing red eyes. "Ah shit." the words barely escaped his mouth when all of the pidgeons on him and nerby were sent hurtling through the air as if hit by something invisible. He cursed some more under his breath and got up to leave not wanting to draw attention to himself. Having ordered the pidgeon's to stay away, it was now like Naveed walked around wearing a giant invisible shield. Pidgeons would swoop close to him to go for food or land or whatever other things pidgoen's do- and they'd be sent hurtling like they were being met with an insibile baseball bat. Naveed continued to curse and muddle his way through the streets with little pidgeon feathers collecting in his hair,
Posted by rainewater on Nov 13, 2007 20:47:55 GMT -6
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After escaping the pidgeons, Naveed found himself on the outskirts of the city. It was evening now and starting to rain. He thought of his sister and wondered where she would be. His hunting instincts urged him to continue looking... but he was growing tired and this dirty city snuffed out her scent. Perhaps if he returned to that school she'd be there soon.
He'd seen the reports on TV about the mutants being captured- but thought his sister was too strong for something like that. He hadn't given it a second thought- and really if someone caught on to them he could just tell them to 'forget'.
He felt bad about the man earlier... but really, between him and the birds Navi was getting pretty damn annoyed.
He found himself a lone willow tree and propped himself underneath it for the night. He was well suited for the cool weather of november. He drifted to sleep/.
Posted by Sapphire on Nov 24, 2007 22:54:45 GMT -6
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Sapphire came through one of her dark portals, rising from the depths of beyond. Sapphire glanced at the man sleeping under the willow tree, rum bottle tightly grasped in hand. She took a zebra cake from her pocket and began muching on it while she looked at the male beneath the tree.
The dingo woman really was quite bored and setting this stranger on fire may make her feel better. Sapphire pondered this for a moment, honestly thinking this obserd thought through before deciding against it, besides she much rather use her rum for drinking instead of lighter fluid.
Sapphire then took a bite of Zebra cake and a swig of Rum before she poked the strangers foot with a dark teddril.
"Wake up, I'm not in the mood to kill anyone right now so I suggest you wake up before you find youself drenched in rum." Sapphire grumbled, taking another bite of Zebra Cake
Posted by rainewater on Nov 25, 2007 9:50:29 GMT -6
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Naveed awoke with a start taking a defnsive stance instantly. When he stood up he towered over the young woman infront of him. She smelled strange- like an animal. It peeked his curiosity. He held his spear close to him- he wasnt sure what she wanted but hoped she was just an anoying New Yorker like the previous old man- in which case he'd tell her to just go away. His black hair blew damnply in his eyes and he brushed it away. She coudln't be that much younger than Raina, maybe by a few years?
"And who are you?" he grunted not really interested if she was human or mutant.
ooc: Let me know if I you want him to 'command' anything.
Sapphire smirked a bit at Naveed, rolling her blue eyes, exasperated. She really wanted to screw with this new commer, espically since he was a mutant like her.
"Well, My name is Sapphire and I like rum." Sapphire responded, taking another swig of the firey liquid. "You must be some new commer and by the way your aura is I would say that you are a mutant but It seems you have a great power in you, Am I right?"
((Emerald can tell peoples scents, Ruby can tell who people are by what they sound like and Sapphire can because of the color of thier aura and the darkness in thier hearts))
Posted by rainewater on Nov 27, 2007 13:29:40 GMT -6
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"I am of a superior race if that's what you mean." stated Naveed leaning back against his tree. He wasnt afraid of a little girl- and he knew if it came down to it he'd just tell her to leave and she would. He didn't like using his powers so friveously but it wasn't like he could be discovered either... he could tell her to 'forget' if he needed to... might even be fun.
He leaned back on his heels and sniffed the air. "This city is so dirty." he groaned. "It smells awful, even the air tastes bad how can you stand it? he asked not really expecting her to answer.
He didn't assume she was a mutant... but he figured she must be if she could tell that he was right away. He wondered what her abilities were... and if she'd be worth 'convincing' to come back north with him.
Posted by Sapphire on Nov 27, 2007 19:44:43 GMT -6
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Sapphire sank into the ground beneath her, dissapearing for a moment before reapering on the other side of Naveed, a small grin plastered upon her face. She rose up out of the ground so slowly it looked as if she was rising from the dead.
The dingo woman brushed a stray strand of Black hair from her blue eyes, tail making a short apperance, wagging slowly. "I stay in the darkness most of the time, or inside my studio but when I am outside I just have gotten used to it. "
Suddenly Sapphire felt the Rum slip from her hand and as quick as a flash a dark teddril sprouted from the ground, shooting up and grabbed the bottle. It placed the bottle in Sapphires hand, causing the dingo woman to grip it tightly.
Sapph never really worried about anyone seeing her powers because she could just make them 'dissapear' if they saw anything.
Posted by rainewater on Nov 27, 2007 22:41:51 GMT -6
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Naveed was intrigued now. A power like hers would be useful in overthrowing the elders of his tribe. He'd have to get more aquainted with her and see what she could do. "So, you live in this city?" he asked mildly interested. "I'm visit... perhaps you'd be interested in showing a guy where he can find a cheap motel." he'd stayed in them before when the weather wasn't permitting and had he been any other man it may have seemed like he was interested in the young woman... but his monotone voice and clear lack of interest threw that theory out the window. He waited paitiently for her responce carefully watching her now to see how she used her powers.
Sapphire noted this disintrest with a small smirk. She streched out her arms a bit with an unamused yawn. She would really enjoy tormenting him if worst came to worst. But first the dingo woman would be nice and if Naveed did anything she didnt like she would just slice him open.
"There is one in the next town, only 20 dollars a night and there is no cockroaches or anything, just some odd stains on the carpeting." Sapphire replied
((okay sapphire is teleporting so this may seem like gomoding but you did say lead the way ))
Sapphire span around to meet Naveed, just as she was about to walk away. The Dingo woman didn't look to happy with what he just said. Now, Sapphire could take an insult as well as the next person but right now her nerves were raw and Naveed just irritated her.
"Don't call me animal girl, boy." Sapphire snarled, blue eyes flashing from black to blue.
Sapphire took a deep breath, managing to compose herself. She engulfed Naveed and herself in a large bubble like ball of darkness and sank down into the ground.
It was dark for a while or at least it would feel like a while for Naveed but in truth it was only about two minutes but it was two minutes in total darkness. When they reappeared they were in a vaguely nice room with two beds, a big Tv, drawers, a tiny kitchen and a bathroom right next to it. The room was fully furnished in a dark blue color and the temperature was about 78 degrees.
Sapphire sat on one of the beds, taking another swig of her bottle of rum. She glanced at Naveed, "So what do you think?"
Posted by rainewater on Dec 9, 2007 21:25:16 GMT -6
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Navi felt like he was being pulled underwater when the girl took hold of him. He was englufed in darkness and when he felt like he could no longer bear it- it finally gave way. It took him a moment to realise he was in the hotel room. He blinked a bit and looked around. It was nice and warm, the light hurt his eyes. "That was an interesting power, girl." he snarked looking around the room. "I could use a girl like you back home." indeed, she would be one to keep an eye on. Afterall, if he wanted someone to be his queen he could simply tell her she'd known him her whole life. He wasn't sure he could command someone to fall in love with him- but love wasn;t a necesasty to rule in the north.
"back home indeed..." he mumbled sitting on the bet and pulling his hair back from his face. "So is that how you get around?' he asked mildly impressed.
Posted by Sapphire on Dec 12, 2007 20:43:15 GMT -6
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Sapphire choked on the rum when he stated that he needed a girl like her back home. It was a mixture of shock and ludicrous laughter. The young woman could hardly believe any man would ever want to remotely take her anywere. Sapphire felt as if she didnt deserve love or anything for that matter, she had done far to much to mankind to deserve anything.
However, despite this a small blush managed to light up her pale cheeks, making her smile lightly. Sapphire put the bottle of rum down, wipping the liquid off of her lips.
"I usually go through the darkness, or I can form dark wings on on my back that would act if they were real," Sapphire responded, the blush quickly fading from her face. "Humans are too scared of me to attack most of the time."
Posted by rainewater on Dec 13, 2007 10:40:35 GMT -6
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"Humans" muttered Naveed. "We'd be better off if everyone was a mutant. " He wasnt sure if he could reveal his powers to her just yet- she new he was a mutant and that was enough for now. "Humans are insignificant. Who cares if they are afraid of you." he was standing again now- lost in his rant. "They should be afraid of you. with your abilities you are a godess among men. They should fear you- you could crush them"
It was clear he was passionate, and his eyes were away as if in another world.