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.
It was a good thing Sara was as graceful as she was… Well maybe that was an under statement right now… but it was good that Sara wasn’t one of those people who lean into their wheel barrel and shoves forward, throwing their weight into the handles because she could have preformed some very interesting gymnastics when the front wheel of her wheel barrel stopped moving.
Naturally she leaned forward to see what was going on to see the message in the ice. The accident made sence, and told her the thrower she gave the finger to was a mutant. Well the fact that the person talking to her, claiming to have thrown the smelly stuff, had to be a mutant as only a mutant would be able to manipulate the ice in such a way. Go Sara for logic.
The Ice melted back from around her wheel and without looking back up she went about her business. Mean while the crowd became more agitated. A lowd bank was heard over the sounds of the shouts. Sara recognized it as the sound of a car backfiring, but it set everything else into motion.
(Leaves more details up to everyone else if they want.)
Posted by gorgan01 on Feb 20, 2008 16:10:07 GMT -6
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Ted looked up, just in time to see a rock flying at him. His hand whipped out and caught it, and he stared at it incredulously. A rock? Are you kidding me? He snarled at the crowd, and roared at them, sounding rather like a large and angry wolf. Some of the nearby anti-mutants shrank back, but some behind them decided to show their lack of fear (which was probably due to the ones in front acting as meat-shields) by throwing more rocks. Ted avoided all of them, and tossed one of the rocks back. It wasn't enough to kill, probably just a painful bruise, perhaps some bleeding, if he was lucky. A pair of guards flanked ted and shocked him, bringing him to his knees. As he fought off the transofrmation, battling with his instincts, the guards lead him towards the side with the pro-mutant protestors, evidently deciding that he would cause less trouble over there. He managed to stave off the transformation, but barely. The guards had been rather brutal with the shocks,'forgetting' his ability. Well, the camps were good for one thing; he was getting better at fighting off the transformation. Eventually, he might actually be able to stop it altogether.
Posted by rainewater on Feb 29, 2008 14:28:20 GMT -6
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The crowd began to bellow even louder as an additional bus of mutant recruits showed up. It was all the mutants from the park project- having finished their work were being brought to the rural project with additional guards. Raina was among them.
As she stepped off the bus she realized words and objects were also flying here. She let out a sigh. It was too much to hope it would be calmer here. But it didn't matter. She was happy to see the others and be outside.
Back in the park Raina had realized she could wistle without setting off her collar, so when she saw Ted it was the first thing she did. "thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!" the noise was sharp and loud and didn't seem like it could come from someone so small as Raina.
She waited for Ted to notice with a big smile on her face as a guard gave her a shove.
True, being outside wasn't a huge step from being in the camps with the amount of abuse they were enduring- but Raina's mood had picked up considerbly with the addition of the outside. Something about her last mutation had also changed bits and pieces of Raina's personality. She seemed a little stronger now.
At first Ted ignored the highpitched whistle, assuming that it came from someone in the crowd. Then he realised that it came from behind him, where some vehicle had just pulled up. He glanced over his shoulder, and saw something he hadn't seen for far too long. "Raina!" He ran towards her, and hugged her. "Raina, how are you doing?" He then remembered that she couldn't talk. "So you can whistle now? That's cool." Ted spotted a guard glaring at him pointedly, his finger gradually creeping toward the magic button of shocky death. Ted made it look like he was working, and the guard turned away. "So you still can't talk, huh?"
Posted by rainewater on Mar 1, 2008 16:12:14 GMT -6
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Raina grinned and hugged Ted back. She took him in, he looked pretty rough but she knew that the guards wouldn't dare evoke his mutation. He asked her about being able to speak and she shook her head and shrugged. She was getting used to not being able to speak- though she was surprised when they'd taken her collar off for the small amount of time she was in the infirmary how breathy her voice now was. She felt like a different person in many ways. She still smiled sweetly at Ted as she got her orders for work and started away
Sara had made another trip with another load before she heard the whistle. She turned between picking up the sacks of sand, long enough to see Raina and the new delivery of mutants. She gave a wave before being prodded by another guard. Shouting at her to get back to work.
She finished getting that load then made her way over to a place near Ted and Raina. “Any signs from the outside world other then the mobs?” She mumbled her question as she worked, trying to hide the fact she was speaking at all. Raina only needed to nod or shake her head.
The ride wasn't long enough to restore Neena's easy-going nature. Herded off of the bus with the others of the park cleanup crew, her usual smile was noticeably lacking. Behind the dark glasses, her eyes were also half-lidded in general annoyance with life.
A guard led her to a wall covered in graffiti, and told her to, "Clean it off." She looked up at the cement wall, then back at the guard.
"How?" It was a fair question. Soap and water didn't usually work on cement. Before he could make a smart remark, a loud whistle split the air. Neena cringed slightly as her freezing ears rang. She looked around to find Raina hugging Ted. She sighed, and smiled slightly.
<"Well, if whistling makes her happy.... Maybe I should just steal some earplugs....">
She sighed, and turned her attention back to the guard explaining what she should be doing.
Posted by rainewater on Mar 2, 2008 23:50:21 GMT -6
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Raina was surprised to see Sara and a little unerved at well considering what she'd looked like the last time she saw the woman. She coudln't help the blush from filling her cheeks. She gave a little shrug. She'd only seen the mobs so far but hearing that Naveed was out there lookiing for her made her feel better. Maybe being out here would increase those chances. Of course, this coudln't be conveyed in a yes or no and she simply looked at Sara with those eyes and tried to communicate that there was too much to say and shrugged again.
She pointed to Neena to show that she was there as well and stood on her tip toes to get a better look around. guards were yelling at her but amazingly Raina seemed unsinged and uninterested. She knew there were more mutants here than guards and the general public wouldnt tolerate much abuse. Besides, they could do a lot of damage before the guards could put a stop to it.
It was then that Raina heard the scream and smelled the smoke. She turned on her heels. The building closest to Neena was now on fire and the crowd knew it too when an older woman appeared on the balconey at the top screaming while smoke billowed out.
A guard ran out of the building explaining how the water heater exploded and caused an electrical fire on the steps inside the building and that he coudlnt get up to the woman or the few youth that were up there with her. They started radio-ing back and forth with each other but there was a solumn sense of doom knowing a firetruck coudln't get through the crowds.
ooc: kinda rushed but hey, let's be some heros for a change! feel free to take it and run with it and take and add whateve ryou want
IC: Ted smelled the smoke, and looked up as the woman screamed. He immediately sprinted for the building, but a guard panicked and hit the magic button. Ted was floored by the pain, and because he had been running he landed on a pile of bricks. His forehead was bleeding, and his instincts started to take control. Nononono! He struggled, but found himself in the cage. He fought to open it, whilst outside all that could be seen was a beast twitching randomly.
Posted by rainewater on Mar 3, 2008 10:05:54 GMT -6
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Raina's eyes darted about. She wasn't completly sure what was happening as panic started to follow. She watched Ted take a dive and knew what would happen after they shocked him. Everyone stood around helpless and the guards screamed into cell phones. She dropped down to Ted's side wishing more than ever she could use her voice to sooth him but knew she couldnt so she pet his head and tried to be calming. She knew it was only a matter of time before he lost control at this point...
Her eyes darted to Neena and Sara. What should they do?
(Love action scenes. If I need to change the rubber thing here I will.)
Sara had watched Raina. That shrug and look said a lot. Mot of witch Sara was probably not fully getting. She wasn’t experienced enough really to understand all of the angles, but there was a lot going on. More then just listening and looking for signs of those on the outside, other then talking with Doug.
Shya had gotten off of the bus with the others from the park clean up. Keeping her head down as she was showed what to do with her hand to paint a wall. Only turning around when what happened next.
The smell of the smoke hit Sara’s nose, but she thought it was just part of the machines or improvements going on. There were a lot of things Human’s did that she thought smelled bad anyways. Like bathroom cleaners and perfumes. So when the guard came running out of the building, It had caught her by surprise. She glanced at the others standing around as she listened to the guards story. Ted was off and running, only to be halted, he was shifting some how. Sara being new to anyone here, she really didn’t know what was going on with him other then that he was obviously being shocked by his band. Raina seemed to be asking what to do, as she tried to help Ted. Sara herself? Well she would have sat back, Maybe even made herself enjoy the show, if she hadn’t heard of the youth still stuck in the building.
She glanced back up at the balcony not sure if she could really see much or just the smoke. First thing was first. With the Guards’ attention on Ted she made her way to a stack of Rubber mats, meant for entry ways in buildings, and used her claws to cut a large square from the rest of the mat. She carved a piece from the big square, shoving it under the connectors of her own band. Then began cutting a second piece as she ran for Ten. This would only work for a minute or two as the bracelets and collars would shock till the powers were no longer used but it would give her some space to heal without having to heal from shocks. The second piece was for Ted, jeaze that looked painful. He reached him and tried to shove the second piece of rubber matting between his cuff and him. A third piece was cut, faster then butter, by her claws and shoved towards Raina, The fourth, tossed to Neena. The fifth, given to Shya. Was there anyone else close enough? Well they could get their own rubber, Sara thought to herself. “I don’t think this trick will work long, Rubber will overload but it might hold the shocks off for a minute or two.” Before it burned through the rubber of course.
Where was Doug? Couldn’t he get these things turned off again? Just for a minute? Stupid human!
Neena heard an explosion inside a near building, like something falling. And the scream she assumed to be from the mob on the sidelines. She ignored it at first, until she smelled smoke. She blinked. That wasn't cigarette smoke....
She didn't have the senses of Ted and Sara, and she didn't feel good at all, so she didn't react as quickly as they did. It took a minute to register what was happening. By that time Ted's mutation had kicked in, leaving him momentarily powerless and out of control. She knelt next to Raina.
"Idiots," she murmured, indicating everyone who was looking on and doing nothing. She took a deep breath and sighed. "This day just keeps getting better and better....."
She stood, and froze, as if in a trance. Her mind clicked over to thief mode, taking in her surroundings in every detail possible. She reflexively caught the little bit of rubber Sara tossed her.
“I don’t think this trick will work long, Rubber will overload but it might hold the shocks off for a minute or two.”
<"Even a minute might make the difference.">
Okay, what to do? They needed to beat the fire to that window and get the people out. Four stories up.... Too high to jump to or from. They could climb from window to window, possibly. But that would take too long....
The bus! And the rubber mats! That might work!
Without a word, she unfroze, and darted toward the bus. None of the guards paid attention, since she seemed to be fleeing. But once aboard, she leaned under the dash and began pulling wires. The engine started up, and she shifted it into gear quickly. Several people jumped aside as she hit the gas, and pulled right up alongside the building. A nasty squeal split the air as she scraped the side of the vehicle directly against the stone, mangaling the side mirror.
"Women drivers," she muttered as she jumped out, leaving the engine running. She whistled at the others. "Grab the rubber mats! Gotta get 'em on the roof!"
While they did that, she climbed aboard the hood, then to the roof. She briefly paused to guage the distance, to see if she could make the climb.
Inside the cage. Ted just about managed to wrench the door free, but because of the continued, ever increasing shocks, instead of taking control right then, his instincts fought back. What looked like him as a beast appeared, but Ted remembered last time. He imagined a gun, and one appeared in his hand. As he aimed it, the beast leapt at him, knocking him down and sending the gun flying. It picked him up, but he imagined the beast feeling a lot more gravity, and it was pinned to the floor. "Stay." He picked up the gun, planted it on the beast's forehead, and fired.
Outside, all that could have been seen was the random twitching of his beast form. But as the rubber was slid under the bracelet, the beast's eyes snapped open. The bracelet increased it's power immediately in response, and Ted knew that he didn't have much time. He ignored everything else, and sprinted for the building. As members of the crowd began to notice, there were random screams, and the guards buttons weren't working because the bracelet was already at full (non-lethal) power.
Ted leapt onto the bus easily, and jumped straight up, catching the window below the one with the woman in. He hauled himself up, and the woman panicked, but there was nothing she could do as the fire was behind her. Ted jumped from his windowsill, and reached for the woman. Then the rubber burned through. With an animalistic roar that no one in the crowd failed to hear, he dropped from the sill, landing on the bonnet of the bus. He struggled to his feet, but was overwhelmed by the shocks, and full backwards. He detransformed, his trousers just about intact, and the bracelet calmed down.
"Grab the rubber mats! Gotta get 'em on the roof!"
As Ted was the first one up, after a very painful looking ordeal, Sara was off grabbing too more mats. One rolled under each arm. Was that enough? Either way, in the time it took her to get to the bus, She was on the good of the car, and suddenly had to jump forward, Narrowly missing being hit by, Oh that was Pups.
So that’s how long they had when they were continually using their powers.
Sara was laying the mats down on the roof of the van when she noticed Shya, standing at the back wheel. The rubber was shoved under the girls cuff and her un seeing eyes had an odd distant look, oddly mixed with the blind girl’s up turned face, even while she spoke. “There are, at least, 8 up there. Three mature minds, and five very young minds.” The rubber had started to melt and she was forced to stop. “seven are terrified , I think, one is asleep. I can’t keep any connections open with this thing.”
Sara turned back from Shya, to face the building. “I can climb this in less then 15 seconds.” She said. The apprehension showing in her voice. Not about the fire but those inside. “But they’re not going to just walk up to me in there.”
Posted by rainewater on Mar 5, 2008 14:43:01 GMT -6
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"I'll sing." offered Raina. "I can stay out here and sing the water inside the building. I may be able to keep the flames back from here if you can all get inside." Hearing her voice was such a shock that some of the guards were now suddenly paying attention. One reached for the cell phone when another bat it out of his hand.
"Don't you see you idiot? They're helping us! They could have escaped but they're here."
The other shook his head. "I'm watching you muties. Try anything funny and i'll shock you all to death no matter who you're holding." he threatened but not really knowing what else to do but feel helpless.
Reporters were gathered all around and unbeknown to anyone at the time the images were now being played live all over the world including in the camps.
"Ok guys, get whatever you're going to do ready quick because I wont be able to do this long!" shouted Raina getting as close to the building as she could letting out a high pitched falsetto of a note.
The guards froze- the reporters froze- everyone was silent and unmoving in utter shock except the mutants workig togeather as Raina's melody filled the air. The sound was beautiful and rather like a lullabye.
The flames spitting out of the building imiedietly receeded and steam was now starting to take over the smoke as Raina willed and twisted the water droplets. She was hoping she could soak the wood from the inside but without being able to see everything and having a feeling that the building was largely made of stone she couldn't be much more help. Still she pressed on concentrating hard sending the water through the building.
The air around her was getting damp and before Raina realized her skin started to change. She reached down and grabbed her camp jacket and pulled it around any showing skin and continued to sing.
She was aware that Ted fell- but also aware that Ted's instincts could take over. She coudln't pay attention right now.