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.
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It was a quiet day. Gina had no class, and had thus absolutely covered her bed with studying materials, which radiated out from her. At the center of this spiral of notes and textbooks, Gina sat, with her binder open upon her lap, mechanical pencil in-hand and attention entirely locked on the homework before her.
Agnes was off somewhere, doing something. She’d told Gina what she doing and where she was going before she had departed, but Gina had admittedly been so “in the zone” that she’d kind-of missed her sister’s report. Ah, well. Agnes was technically the adult, between the two of them, so it really shouldn’t have been Gina that was keeping a track of her, but vice-versa. Still, it would have been nice to know where she was.
…come to think of it, it didn’t take a lot of imagination to figure out who Agnes was with, now that Gina was puzzling over the matter. Jasmine and Agnes had broken up after Jasmine had moved (which was a tragedy, they’d been so sweet together, and Gina had hooked them up!), there was a brief period of mourning and then wa-BAM! Out of nowhere, Rebecca (one of Ginas’ newer friends) apparently confessed her love for Agnes and the two of them were now dating.
Part of Gina thought that this was a quick rebound. The other part of her wanted mojo like Agnes… well, mostly like Agnes. Gina just wanted boys instead of girls. The gargoyle hummed, tapping her binder lightly. Yeah, Agnes was probably with Rebecca.
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It was a great day for Rebecca. It was her day off at the shop so her evening was open, and the only class she had scheduled for the afternoon was art. Before she left her room, she looked at her email and found the cancellation notice from Mr. Holloway. As much as Rebecca enjoyed art, the idea of an entire day off was enticing. She could shop or write or maybe just play around on the Internet. Her possibilities were endless!
Before she delved into her options, her first thought was to see Agnes. They had been busy as of late and did their best to spend as much time together as possihle. It was her first relationship, so Rebecca found nothing wrong with saturating her free time with Agnes. What could be wrong with spending her time with her girlfriend, especially when she was blessed by a higher power with a free day?
Rebecca approached Agnes's door, excited to share her good news. She rapped against the door before pushing it lightly. Peeking around into the room, she spotted not Agnes, but her sister, Gina. The sight of the gargoyle filled her with a weird feeling, realising how long it had been since she spent time with her friend. Was she that distracted? Too guilty to ask where Agnes was now, she spoke. "Hi Gina! U-um, hoo hae ye been?"
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Gina was lounging on the bed when a faint knocking on the door met her ears. Gina lifted her head, and started to get up. Guests were common, when one was as social as Gina. The door was always unlocked, but whether or not someone let themselves in varied on how familiar they were with Gina. Gina rose to go towards the door, nonetheless, and paused when a familiar, red head of hair peeked in.
Rebecca?
Well, there went Gina’s first theory as to where her sister had gone to. Obviously if Rebecca was hear and she wasn’t with Agnes, Agnes wasn’t with her.
>> "Hi Gina! U-um, hoo hae ye been?"
Gina arched an eyebrow, half-standing on her bed. She probably hadn’t come looking for Gina, Gina thought dryly as she sank back into her spot. She cracked a half-smile.
“Hey, Becca,” Gina echoed back, “I’m good, school’s been keeping me on my toes.”
As one could see by the chaos that dominated Gina’s bed.
“How’re you?” she reflected the question back, and even went so far as to say, “Please, come in. Have a seat.”
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>> “Hey, Becca. I’m good, school’s been keeping me on my toes.”
Rebecca eased her way into the room, certainly familiar enough with it. The mention of toes made her wonder if Gina was playing with words, considering the nature of her unique feet. "Ah know th' feeling. Ah'm only free right now because Mr. Holloway cancelled art." She was feeling a nagging sense of guilt realizing that she came to the room looking for Agnes, and had not even thought about utilizing the free time to hang out with her first stateside friend.
>> “How’re you? Please, come in. Have a seat.”
Gina was being polite to invite Rebecca in to chat, but the Scot could not shake the tone she felt from the last sentence. It was less, "Gina offering a chair," and more, "Rebecca being instructed to sit down." Regardless, she did find the nearest chair, since she was obviously being paranoid.
She tried to sit and not fidget, because she was growing more nervous without an explanation as to why. "A-Ah've been really good actually. Jist pretty busy with work an' classes," and Agnes, she failed to mention. "Thankfully, Ah havenae felt too stressed." She chuckled nervously. "Ah hope ye aren't either."
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>> "Ah know th' feeling. Ah'm only free right now because Mr. Holloway cancelled art
“Oo, lucky break,” Gina said enviously, dropping her gaze towards her homework, “I got all the no-nonsense teachers. The ones that never cancel classes.”
She gave a short chuckle. It was just her fortune that she had extra time right now, but her misfortune that she was spending it working on homework. She tilted her head back towards Becca when her friend began to speak again, tucking her feet beneath again.
>> "A-Ah've been really good actually. Jist pretty busy with work an' classes. Ah hope ye aren't either."
“Nuh-uh,” Gina confirmed lightly.
In all honestly, Gina hadn’t any alterior motives as per asking Rebecca to come in. It was common courtesy, and awkward to have someone just standing in the hall, with the door open. Plus, a missed opportunity to talk to someone—Gina was bored out of her mind doing homework, she needed someone to distract her, if only for a few minutes.
But, if Rebecca were here, Gina might as well grill her for details. This realization struck her as she uttered the last sentence, which might have seeped through in her tone. Not intentionally, but Rebecca seemed to pick up on it. She seemed really uncomfortable.
This made things a lot more awkward. Both girls knew why Rebecca was hear, but would either of them say it, or would they just maintain a disjoint conversation?
“How are things with you and Agnes?” Gina inquired, a laughing sparkle hitting her eyes. Okay, so she didn’t beat around the bush very well. But she figured that, the sooner she cut to the meat of the matter, the sooner Rebecca could stop worrying about it, right?
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>> “Oo, lucky break. I got all the no-nonsense teachers. The ones that never cancel classes.”
Rebecca chuckled, since she had several of the teachers Gina had as well, and they were very on top of things. As for the art teacher... "Yeah, Mr. Holloway doesnae seem like much of a 'teacher' really."
>> “How are things with you and Agnes?”
Rebecca wondered if Agnes told her anything about their relationship, or if the insect-girl kept her love-life close to the chest. Should she be sparring with the details? She was not used to the rules of relationships. "Things are fantastic sae far."
Things really were good; she understood why the girls at her old school would do nothing but talk about their boyfriends. Life was much less stressful than it had been when she was struggling with her feelings and figuring out what Agnes was to her. "It's just nice tae finally be wi' her after everything." And they went through a lot. Rebecca wondered how much of those stories the younger girl might know...
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>> "Yeah, Mr. Holloway doesnae seem like much of a 'teacher' really."
“I met Mr. Holloway,” Gina mused, closing her textbook pensively. She chuckled as she realized, “Actually, I met him when he first toured the school.”
Gina met a lot of people like that… at this rate, she should’ve been a greeter. But the conversation shifted to topics of greater interest. The stuff and nitty-gritty of gossip.
>> "Things are fantastic sae far. It's just nice tae finally be wi' her after everything."
Agnes was really quiet about her relationships. But maybe Gina could work it right, she could get more details from Rebecca instead. And in-turn, strike her with the fear of a protective little sister—Agnes didn’t have family around to give significant others the third-degree, therefore the task fell to the littler gargoyle.
“Everything?” Gina echoed. She set her homework aside and pushed it away so that she could recline partially. Her tone bore that inquiring lilt that pleaded for more details.
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>> “I met Mr. Holloway. Actually, I met him when he first toured the school.”
The idea of Gina walking alongside Mr. Holloway on his first trip to the mansion was fitting. Gina was the first student Rebecca met at the mansion, after all. With the gargoyle's personality, it was not a stretch to assume most people who walked through those metal gates encountered Gina sooner rather than later.
>> “Everything?”
Rebecca backtracked through her sentence and realized the comment left a lot of room for curiosity. Maybe Agnes decided to keep her stories private at the time, since most of them involved confused emotions over a supposedly-straight girl. With all the uncertainty out of the way, it was probably safe to share a story or two, right?
"Well, Ah mean, Ah was sorta struggling with whether Ah liked Agnes since mah birthday. It was sae different fer me, an' there was th' trip tae her house when we--" Rebecca recalled her first kiss with Agnes, and how she was the one to go for it, even if it did not make sense. "--well, it was a crazy trip."
Maybe stories were dangerous territory. Probably best to summarize. "Ah guess it turned oot we were both nae sure hoo tae feel about each other fer a while, bit it eventually all worked out."
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>> "Well, Ah mean, Ah was sorta struggling with whether Ah liked Agnes since mah birthday. It was sae different fer me, an' there was th' trip tae her house when we—well, it was a crazy trip."
Gina went bolt-upright in her bed, her face falling in alarm.
“You went to her house?!” she gasped, “Agnes’s house?”
Her parents were in jail, Gina was sure, but what if other unfavorable sorts were lingering about? And why didn’t she let Gina come with?! God, something could have happened. Gina ran her taloned hand through her hair, shuddering involuntarily. Oh yeah, Agnes would definitely get an ear-sore about that.
>> "Ah guess it turned oot we were both nae sure hoo tae feel about each other fer a while, bit it eventually all worked out."
Gina nodded. There were so many questions to ask, but for the sake of being at least somewhat polite, she didn’t utter them. She knew enough that Jasmine and Agnes split, that Jazz had moved to Japan, and that was the formal reason that Agnes and Jasmine had split…but… had something happened at the party? Or at Agnes’s house? Something that could impact a relationship? Gina nibbled on her thumb uncertainly.
She struggled to find the right words. Rebecca was her friend, but she had to make sure that her sister was alright, and that Rebecca hadn’t had a direct hand in the break-up. Rebecca seemed like an honest person. Gina hoped that her perceptions weren’t misgiven.
“What happened at the house?” Gina asked, opting for an open-ended and innocent question.
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>> “You went to her house?! Agnes’s house? What happened at the house?”
Rebecca called back to the memory; it was a vivid memory up until the point where she lost consciousness. Based on Gina's tone, she had a vague idea of what could have happened, and in the life of a teenage mutant, what can happen will. "We went tae get Agnes's old things, bit while we were there... folk from th' cult came... an' Malachi." Saying his name still sent chills down her spine.
"We fought, an' Ah got hurt, bit we got away." She almost wanted to leave that as the end of the story, but there was a specific detail she knew Gina was expecting her to share. "'Fore we fought, Agnes an' Ah were hidin' in th' closet. An' Ah still wasnae sure hoo Ah felt, ur if Ah even liked girls!" Her tone was that of a girl trying to rationalize something she should not have done. She calmed herself down; she was going to be honest and own up to it. "Ah wasnae sure if Ah was gorna make it out, and Ah had a moment of weakness, an' Ah... Ah kissed Agnes."
Gina was now one of three people in the world to know that story. Well, one girl in Japan had a vague idea, but she probably lacked details.
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>> "We went tae get Agnes's old things, bit while we were there... folk from th' cult came... an' Malachi."
Ginas’ eyes widened and darkened at the mention of that familiar name. First, she was alarmed. Malachi was still around? He hadn’t gotten picked-up by the fuzz? That was a surprise, to say the least. But they’d come to the old Nicholas’ house while Rebecca and Agnes had been there, which meant that Agnes could have been in some serious danger.
>> "We fought, an' Ah got hurt, bit we got away. Fore we fought, Agnes an' Ah were hidin' in th' closet. An' Ah still wasnae sure hoo Ah felt, ur if Ah even liked girls! Ah wasnae sure if Ah was gorna make it out, and Ah had a moment of weakness, an' Ah... Ah kissed Agnes."
Agnes was so dead. So, so, so dead. Sure, she’d escaped her house, and Malachi, but now she had to face her concerned sister, who was rather good at playing the role of mama bear. Rebecca had added on the bit about kissing Agnes because neither of them was certain if they were going to escape, as if that was the bulk of the matter with which Gina was concerned. Gina could grill her about that in a moment.
“Why on Earth did you and Agnes go to her house in the first place?” Gina breathed in exasperation, “What if you hadn’t gotten away from Malachi?”
Then there was the irony of the two of them being holed-up in the closet prior to taking Malachi on and kissing. If Gina weren’t so bothered, she might have laughed at that. Talk about dramatic irony. But… no, she was protective little sister prior to being a lighthearted friend.
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>> “Why on Earth did you and Agnes go to her house in the first place? What if you hadn’t gotten away from Malachi?”
Apparently Gina had a vague idea of who Malachi was, and that made the news Rebecca broke worse. To handle damage control, Rebecca dealt with the accusations in parts. First, there was the reason for the trip. "Agnes wanted tae get back some sentimental stuff. We didnae expect th' cult tae be there."
The second question required more thought; what if they had not escaped Malachi? The easy answer was that they would have died. Maybe even been tortured and died. "Well... we did get away. Ah made damn sure Agnes did. Ah fought tha' beastie because... well, Ah guess Ah already cared aboot her too much then." Rebecca was never sure when she truly started falling for Agnes, but she must have been far along by the time of the house incident.
Still, Agnes was clearly Jasmine's back then. "Ah shouldnae hae kissed her. T'wasnae fair tae Jasmine... bit if Ah was gorna die fer Agnes, Ah needed tha' one moment." She looked down at the ground, knowing she was still justifying cheating. "Ah was selfish, Ah know."
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>> "Agnes wanted tae get back some sentimental stuff. We didnae expect th' cult tae be there."
Gina did not approve. The gargoyle girl leaned back. Gina did not approve at all. Going back to the house was asking for trouble, even if it was for sentimental stuff. Certainly, they hadn’t expected the cult. They hadn’t expected complications, but if someone like Detective Cervantes had been with them, that sort of thing wouldn’t have happened. They wouldn’t have had to face Malachi.
“Of course you didn’t expect them to be there,” Gina sighed, blatantly discontent.
>> "Well... we did get away. Ah made damn sure Agnes did. Ah fought tha' beastie because... well, Ah guess Ah already cared aboot her too much then."
Gina was silent. So this whole making it out alive and taking Malachi on was a testament to their affections. Splendid. Gina rubbed her brow as if to rub away a headache.
>> "Ah shouldnae hae kissed her. T'wasnae fair tae Jasmine... bit if Ah was gorna die fer Agnes, Ah needed tha' one moment. Ah was selfish, Ah know."
How could you get mad over that? Gina wasn’t sure, but something in her gut still said that this whole thing was wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
“You guys shouldn’t have gone there in the first place,” Gina reiterated, “I won’t lecture you about the kiss—it isn’t my business, and what’s happened has happened—but you still shouldn’t have gone to Agnes’s house. Even if you couldn’t have foreseen the run-in with the cult.”
Gina leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees. Now, for more important matters.
“Becca, I know you’re a cool person and all,” Gina began, “I know that whatever happened with you and Agnes and Jasmine has happened and is done, but you have to promise me this—” Gina fixed Rebecca with an unyielding stare. They were friends, but first and foremost, Rebecca was the girlfriend of her sister. She needed to be intimidated, “Treat my sister right.”
Gina had good faith in Rebecca, but her faith only went so far. She needed to hear the words out of her friend's mouth. Only then could she fulfill her role as sister and strike the proper fear into her sister's girlfriend.
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>> “Of course you didn’t expect them to be there.”
If there was any illusion that Gina was not displeased, it was quickly fading away. With hindsight, Rebecca understood that going to the house was a mistake, at least on their own. They should have contacted that nice police officer, or maybe a teacher. When Agnes came to her with the idea, Rebecca had little idea of the potential trouble they could be walking into. She held her tongue; she did not want to put the blame on Agnes for bringing her there.
>> “You guys shouldn’t have gone there in the first place. I won’t lecture you about the kiss—it isn’t my business, and what’s happened has happened—but you still shouldn’t have gone to Agnes’s house. Even if you couldn’t have foreseen the run-in with the cult.”
Rebecca nodded meekly; Gina was not playing around. This scolding face was something Rebecca had not yet seen from the younger girl. ”We knoo better now. Ah’ll make sure these things dornt happen again. An’ if they dae, Ah’ll keep Agnes safe.” It was her pledge after all: protect the princess.
>> “Becca, I know you’re a cool person and all. I know that whatever happened with you and Agnes and Jasmine has happened and is done, but you have to promise me this— Treat my sister right.”
Rebecca’s eyes widened, ready for the challenge. ”Ah promise! Look, Ah never meant tae become something between Agnes an’ Jasmine—honest and truly.” Rebecca tried as hard as she could to not like Agnes, but it was to no avail, and so began the brief history of Rebecca Grey: Homewrecker. ”Bit now that Ah’m with Agnes, Ah can promise ye this: Ah’ll treat her like she’s th’ only thing that matters. She’s been through sae much; anything Ah dae will be tae make her smile.”
Rebecca finally took a breath after the profession of duty and compassion that spilled out. The mood was heavy and serious; maybe she should lighten it up. ”An’ Ah’ll be there fer th’ hard times, like her changes. Ah mean, she almost sucked my mouth dry over a little honey th’ last time, sae hoo much worse could it get?”
She chuckled weakly. Maybe the honey story was not the best story to lighten the mood, actually.
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>> ”We knoo better now. Ah’ll make sure these things dornt happen again. An’ if they dae, Ah’ll keep Agnes safe.”
Gina nodded at Rebecca’s guarantee. So long as they didn’t go looking for places where things could happen, that answer was acceptable. Keep Agnes safe. Protect her. That is all that Gina asked. For anyone that wittingly harmed or let harm come to her sister had the wrath of a gargoyle to deal with.
>> ”Ah promise! Look, Ah never meant tae become something between Agnes an’ Jasmine—honest and truly. Bit now that Ah’m with Agnes, Ah can promise ye this: Ah’ll treat her like she’s th’ only thing that matters. She’s been through sae much; anything Ah dae will be tae make her smile.”
Gina smiled a touch wistfully. She’d been the one to hook Jasmine and Agnes up, a fact which she was certain that Rebecca wasn’t aware of. And while she was sad to see that relationship end, she was glad to see that the break-up wasn’t too messy. Jasmine had moved, Agnes had parted with her on good terms. And whether or not she was wholly aware of what had happened with Rebecca and Agnes was beyond Gina, but even if she was, Jasmine didn’t mention it to the gargoyle.
“That’s all that I ask,” Gina said, permitting herself to breathe. She relaxed, marginally, and added on, “As long as your intentions are honorable."
Gina gave a wink to show that she was partially kidding, about that part.
>> ”An’ Ah’ll be there fer th’ hard times, like her changes. Ah mean, she almost sucked my mouth dry over a little honey th’ last time, sae hoo much worse could it get?”
“You were there for one of her sugar crazes?” Gina echoed, “Ooohhh nooo…”
And apparently, said craze led to a hot, honey-induced makeout session. Gina pressed the heel of her hand to her forehead. That was just an awkward thought. Way, way awkward.
“You’re right,” Gina agreed with a faint chuckle, “Couldn’t get much worse.”