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 Welldrinker Cult
A shadowy group is gaining power, drawing in people who are curious, vulnerable, or malicious, and turning them into Mystics. They are recruiting people into their ranks to spread the influence of magic in the world, but for what end goal?
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 Gemma Taylor on Jul 28, 2012 18:36:33 GMT -6
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>> "It's been almost five months now, bit things were... starting for a few months 'afore that. Ah didnae e'en think Ah liked girls til Agnes. Ah'm jist... nae used to Agnes being gone. Especially with bunches of girls Ah've never met,"
Now that was a whole different matter. Gemma didn't smile; she did not want to give Rebecca the impression that she was taking ehr worries lightly. They made sense, and they occurred quite often with young people she was counseling, so she treated them with the same respect.
"That is understandable" she nodded "You will need to adjust to a lot of new things at once. Two things I can tell you: one, try not to think of it as Agnes being gone. Try to think of it as moving into another house, not away from you. The other, you should sit down and talk this through before school starts. In my experience the best way of addressing worries about a relationship is to talk about them."
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>> "That is understandable. You will need to adjust to a lot of new things at once. Two things I can tell you: one, try not to think of it as Agnes being gone. Try to think of it as moving into another house, not away from you. The other, you should sit down and talk this through before school starts. In my experience the best way of addressing worries about a relationship is to talk about them."
The advice was sound, of course. Agnes was not going very far, and Rebecca had to remember that. She had to accept that she could not just cling to Agnes while they both went through the difficult transition, as unpleasant as the thought was currently to her.
It would be wise to talk through her worries with Agnes, but they were so hidden in Rebecca's quiet insecurities that Agnes probably had no idea they existed. "Ah shoulds, bit everything has been going sae well. Ah dornt want to let me worrying over nothing bother Agnes when we've been sae happy."
Not to mention the deal the girls agreed to in Paisley, she thought, looking nervously off through the window.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Jul 28, 2012 18:45:19 GMT -6
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>>"Ah shoulds, bit everything has been going sae well. Ah dornt want to let me worrying over nothing bother Agnes when we've been sae happy."
Gemma nodded again.
"I understand that. You don't have to take it from me, but I'll tell you anyway: in my experience with people I have counseled over the years, it looks like most of us have the smae worries. Agnes might have them too, and she might feel the same way you do about mentioning them. If one of you breaks the ice, it might be easier to start talking, and tell each other how you really feel. But someone has to speak up first, eventually. Before you both leave."
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>> "I understand that. You don't have to take it from me, but I'll tell you anyway: in my experience with people I have counseled over the years, it looks like most of us have the smae worries. Agnes might have them too, and she might feel the same way you do about mentioning them."
Could there be any truth to that? Maybe Agnes was being pestered by the same worries that plagued Rebecca. Would Agnes really be the type to keep worries about her relationship to herself so as not to bother Rebecca? ...Of course that was something Agnes would do.
>> "If one of you breaks the ice, it might be easier to start talking, and tell each other how you really feel. But someone has to speak up first, eventually. Before you both leave."
She was right; there was no harm in Rebecca being open with Agnes and sharing her worries. She had never hesitated to be honest before, but there was a creeping feeling in her heart that something was going to go wrong.
And then, once again, was the plan for the summer of twenty-thirteen. With her socially-acceptable figures on sleep mode temporarily, Rebecca blurted out, "Um, the nice policeman you are with; dae you live with him?"
Rebecca blushed after her rudeness hit her. "Um, Ah'm sorry."
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Jul 28, 2012 18:55:43 GMT -6
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>> "Um, the nice policeman you are with; dae you live with him?... Um, Ah'm sorry."
Gemma laughed and shook her head.
"Nah, it's okay to ask." she smiled at the girl "No, we don't live together, he has an apartmen in the city, and I... well, I live here with Chase. But... that might change soon." she added, holding out her hand to let Becca see the ring on her finger.
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>> "Nah, it's okay to ask. No, we don't live together, he has an apartment in the city, and I... well, I live here with Chase. But... that might change soon."
Rebecca's eyes widened and she gasped involuntarily at the sight of the ring. She carefully held out her own hand to pull Miss Taylor's closer to get a better look. "Wow, that's beautiful! Congratulations! He seems like a wonderful man," she replied sincerely, remembering his presence after the Malachai incident.
Returning to her own issues in her mind, she continued. "Well... when we were visiting my parents in Scotland, Agnes and Ah might have made a deal... tae move in together next summer." When she said it out loud, it sounded more reckless than she expected.
"With all this on my mind, Ah've been worrying that Ah made that choice tae fix my panicking." She really did want to live with Agnes, but there was the nagging thought that it was still far too early. "Ah really want tae, bit what if we decided tae for the wrong reasons? What if that ruins everything?"
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Jul 28, 2012 19:11:26 GMT -6
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>>"Wow, that's beautiful! Congratulations! He seems like a wonderful man,"
"Thank you" Gemma smiled. He really was. Jorge was the most amazing fiancé anyone could ever wish for, and he and Chase made her family complete once again. But she was not here to talk about her own life right now.
>>"Well... when we were visiting my parents in Scotland, Agnes and Ah might have made a deal... tae move in together next summer. With all this on my mind, Ah've been worrying that Ah made that choice tae fix my panicking. Ah really want tae, bit what if we decided tae for the wrong reasons? What if that ruins everything?"
Gemma nodded, listening to the explanation. Becca and Agnes were not the first people to make a deal like that at all.
"Well, next summer is pretty far away" she noted "And as I said before, a lot of things will change when school starts for you two. My advice is, go back to that decision once you have talked everything else out, and once you are settled into your new life. It might seem like a good idea one year from now, or you might need to re-think it. But being comfortable and happy is more important that following a promise to the letter."
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>> "Well, next summer is pretty far away, and as I said before, a lot of things will change when school starts for you two. My advice is, go back to that decision once you have talked everything else out, and once you are settled into your new life. It might seem like a good idea one year from now, or you might need to re-think it. But being comfortable and happy is more important that following a promise to the letter."
One point was more true than Rebecca gave it credit for: next summer was a long time away. Maybe things would change and they would decide against the move in, or maybe it would feel more natural after a year.
It was not something to concern herself so much over so early on in the process, but there was an underlying concern that drove most of her irrational fears. "You're right. Ah guess thinking about this next year is the first time... well, before now Ah couldnae think of anything that could throw a wrench into what we have."
Rebecca's mismatched eyes made contact with Gemma's reflective black eyes. "Agnes helped me figure myself out. If she leaves, where woulds that leave me?" So much of Rebecca's recent identity had grown and developed from the revelations she discovered with Agnes; would that identity mean anything without her?
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Jul 28, 2012 19:33:09 GMT -6
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>> "You're right. Ah guess thinking about this next year is the first time... well, before now Ah couldnae think of anything that could throw a wrench into what we have."
Gemma nodded again. Becca seemed to be calming down. Things seemed very serious when one was in the middle of them, but one always needed to take a step back and look at them from another perspective. Gemma was here to help.
>>"Agnes helped me figure myself out. If she leaves, where woulds that leave me?"
"It would leave you exactly where you age" Gemma answered seriously "People help us ifure things out, but ultimately, it is your own job to make sense of what you have learned, and stand on your own. Even if you stay together with Agnes and you two figure everything out, on the long run you can't rely on somebody else to show you who you are. That would not be good for either of you."
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>> "It would leave you exactly where you are. People help us figure things out, but ultimately, it is your own job to make sense of what you have learned, and stand on your own. Even if you stay together with Agnes and you two figure everything out, on the long run you can't rely on somebody else to show you who you are. That would not be good for either of you."
Rebecca had been placing a lot of her identity in her relationship lately, but Miss Taylor was right. Rebecca was more than just Agnes's girlfriend, and no matter what happened, she was her own person. It was common for young women to get wrapped up in their first relationships, and Rebecca was no different, but the life lesson was a good way of grounding her a bit more. "Ah think Ah understand."
As much as Rebecca would try to handle herself if things did not work out, however, it was not her desired outcome. "Bit Ah really dae hope things with Agnes work out," she admitted with a blush. "Ah think Ah really love her."
She probably sounded so juvenile to a woman so truly engaged in her relationship. "Of course, we're nowhere near where you are with your fiancé." Her cheeks pinkened as she could hear herself speak like a puppy-love schoolgirl. She eyed the ring on her counselor's finger. "Still, Ah dream about it sometimes... and Ah wake up happy." She would never dream of letting Agnes know it, but the wedding dreams had certainly crossed her mind once or twice.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Jul 28, 2012 19:49:12 GMT -6
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>>"Ah think Ah understand. Bit Ah really dae hope things with Agnes work out. Ah think Ah really love her."
"That is a very precious thing" Gemma smiled. Some people would have said these girls were way too young to talk about true love. Gemma did not believe it was her place to question anyone loving anyone else. There was the rest of the world for that job.
>>"Of course, we're nowhere near where you are with your fiancé. Still, Ah dream about it sometimes... and Ah wake up happy."
The guidance counselor chuckled at that. "It took me forty-two years. You will get there eventually." True, she had amazing children from her first marriage, and some happy memories too. Still, her life had never felt as complete as it did right now. "Dreaming is important, Rebecca. It shows us what we hope for."
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>> "That is a very precious thing"
It was nice to hear an adult do something besides belittle the relationships of younger people. They were still teenagers and they were probably a little stupid or naive, but that was their business. Anyone worth talking to knew that love and age are unrelated ideas.
>> "It took me forty-two years. You will get there eventually. Dreaming is important, Rebecca. It shows us what we hope for."
Rebecca held her tongue when she heard forty-two years, because she would have assumed Miss Taylor to be at least five years younger than that, but showing surprise at someone's age could easily be construed as impolite.
"Thank you. Ah have tae say, my silly worrying aside, things have been going well." Paranoia was not the sole reason she offered to move in with Agnes, after all. "My parents ended up loving her, which was great, since she's my first anything, let alone girlfriend."
Rebecca relaxed her tense body, taking her last sips of tea. They had worked through pretty much everything Rebecca was hoping to get off her chest, so she did not wish to keep the counselor much longer. "Thank you, Miss Taylor. You're the first adult Ah've really talked tae aboot any of this stuff." There was a slight pause before she mumbled, "Well, 'asides Miss Kealey and the library thing..." That was less "talking" and more "showing" after all.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Jul 28, 2012 20:05:47 GMT -6
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>>"Thank you. Ah have tae say, my silly worrying aside, things have been going well. My parents ended up loving her, which was great, since she's my first anything, let alone girlfriend."
"That is nice to hear" Gemma smiled honestly. She had to deal with awful parents in the past; having a mutant child that was also gay was exactly the kind of thing that could have caused a lot of trouble if the parents were not intelligent enough. She was glad all worked out in Becca's favor.
>>"Thank you, Miss Taylor. You're the first adult Ah've really talked tae aboot any of this stuff. Well, 'asides Miss Kealey and the library thing..."
Gemma blinked for a moment.
"Oh. That." she smirked, trying hard to sound serious "I have heard about that... um, incident."
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>> "Oh. That. I have heard about that... um, incident."
...So that was what it was like to feel one's ears combust.
Her ears and cheeks jumped to sun-like temperatures and strawberry-like coloration. "Oh. Ah didnae think you woulds have."
As mortified as she was, Rebecca managed to laugh after noticing Miss Taylor smirking. "Yeah, that was... well, yeah." She could not help but grin; she was sure Miss Taylor had made her own rebellious decisions in her youth. "My brain was sorta fried from studying. Ah swear Ah'm more controlled than that!" she promised with a giggle.
She recalled the day she met her roommate, Twyla. "Usually," she revised.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Jul 28, 2012 20:17:39 GMT -6
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>> "Oh. Ah didnae think you woulds have. Yeah, that was... well, yeah. My brain was sorta fried from studying. Ah swear Ah'm more controlled than that!... Usually,"
"I believe you" Gemma chuckled at the girl who was suddenly tomato red from ear to ear "I usually hear about stuff that happens on the school premises, sooner or later. I didn't say it to embarrass you, but to keep everyone happy, I would suggest to use one of the private dorm rooms the next time studying gets too stressful."
She said that with a smile on her face. One of the beauties of being young, she was not going to take that away from the girls. A fair warning was quite enough.