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 hope your right... That sounds like a great idea. We can work tomorrow. Tonight we sleep." Lily sighed and rested her head on his shoulder. "I am fine, Shawn. Really I am. I am... pretty drunk, but I am fine..." She reached behind her and pulled the blanket over them, wriggling closer for warmth and protection and mostly because it felt nice. "Now shush, go to sleep." she chuckled softly, and planted a kiss on his neck because that was the only part she could reach without moving her head, and fell asleep. This night didn't turn out so bad after all.
Lily showed up on time - the least she could do was be on time at the beginning of their first night patrol. She was dressed in a much more modest way than she usually was. She wore black jeans, boots without heels (obviously), a warm blue coat and a scarf tied around her head to keep her warm. Under all these she had her jewelry read in case she needed to use it. In case. The rest was up to Shawn. She smirked. The sidekick with the silver supply. Rrright. It was a clear night outside; it wasn't stormy or rainy or anything that would have made their mission even more difficult than it already was. Lily had some ideas about what they were about to do; she did her best to familiarize herself with the details of the plan. She also had some ideas about searching for mutants. In case they didn't run into any. But she somehow suspected they would. "Hey" she smiled at Shawn as she walked out the door "Kasumi's on her way too." She kept her hands in her pockets and looked around, rocking from her heels to her toes and back again. She wasn't nervous, but she was excited. About actually doing something. Real work. Helping people. The whole deal. "Sooo. Where do we start?..."
"Here's the secret. Order a drink that you have to drink slowly. One that you can taste the alcohol with and need to drink a lot slower than the other person. Then you won't get as drunk because it'll take you longer to get all the alcohol in your system." Lily nodded, her eyes narrowing as she tried to make sure she'll remember this next time. If there was ever going to be a next time. Right now drinking alcohol was about the last thing on her to-do list. Just thinking about it made her dizzy. "Look at me. You're beating yourself up well enough that I wont have to continue this. I can tell you feel bad about it and I'm sure that you wont be forgetting this for a while." "Yeah you are right..." she murmured, smiling as he kissed her cheek "I learned the lesson..." She was glad this part was over. Shawn seemed to have calmed down, which was a good thing, he was always the reasonable one, and he had enough to deal with already, even without having to deal with his team getting piss drunk. He was such a nice guy. Lily snuggled up to him, looking up with half lidded eyes. "It's going to be okay, Shawn. We are going to make things right here, and then we will go home." she murmured "We are a good team, and you are a good leader." She yawned into the last past. She didn't mean to. "But y'know you need some sleep too... sooo... how about you quit worrying for tonight, and... get some rest? We have work to do... tomorrow."
"...it was irresponsible, foolish, and unprofessional. You both could have said something to give away that yall are mutants. And worst of all... yall jeopardized the mission." Lily's cheeks burnt red; she knew it was coming, but it didn't really hep her feel less guilty. "I know it doesn't help... but we didn't." she said "I mean... I made sure we didn't say stuff that could give us away." As far as she could remember. But at this point, she was pretty sure she could. "You need to learn the secret to drinking with someone that's not in a good mood." "I need to learn the secret to drinking. Period." she chuckled "I... have... never... been drunk before. I guess the first two cocktails would have been enough to make me drunk..." She looked at the ceiling again, and blinked; the lights were stinging her eyes. "It's noooot that good now. And it was scary, getting us home..." she shuddered, remembering the walk on the dark streets. Back then and there is felt like hell of a lot of fun, singing and dancing, but looking back it was more dangerous than she realized. Among other things. Closing her eyes, she dimpled again. "You know what? I followed you home. Yoooou make an excellent beacon."
Her head was spinning again, but this time it didn't have much to do with the alcohol. It had much more to do with Shawn kissing her. It was like she remembered; it made her heart race and her back arch and her mind much more fuzzy than it was before. She felt the pull of her powers, but it was almost like he was pulling her this time. Hmm. When Shawn broke the kiss, Lily let out a soft groan; she didn't like loosing contact. She also didn't like what still had to be discussed. She opened her eyes and looked up at him. "Now don't think you're gonna be able to kiss your way out of the next conversation." She huffed, and put her arms behind her head. "I didn't kiss you because of that." she chuckled, licking her lips; for a moment she found herself wondering if more kissing would make him forget the subject. Probably not. Too bad. She sighed and turned more serious. It wasn't easy. Alcohol made her sleepy, and kissing made her distracted. But she tried. "I know, Shawn. I'm sorry. I just... Alex was very upset, and she was about to storm out to the city alone, and I couldn't possibly hold her back so I went to keep and eye on her, and she was very upset, so we sat down in a bar, and... then it got out of hand." she suddenly felt guilty. She should have been more reasonable. "I told you it was my fault. Very unprofessional. And dangerous. And stupid. And... you have anything to add?" She was not joking. Well, not really. She meant the things she said; it just sounded funny, listening to herself from outside. She basically did his part of the conversation.
"I think it'd be easier for me to admit that I like you. I don't think I could pretend that I don't." The world stopped spinning around her as she focused on him. He was looking into her eyes now, and she could feel silvery blood racing under his skin. So simple, so nice, so warm. He looked relieved. The tension was gone, just by admitting it. It was unreal to hear that from a guy, it happened before but never like this. Lily suddenly wished she wasn't drunk. And hoped she would remember. She smiled. "That's settled, then." she murmured, her hand sliding down to the back of his neck. She looked up into his eyes, wondering. "Before you point it out, I know I am drunk." And with that made clear, she kissed him. When did she get so bold? Shawn seemed to have this effect on her. Either that, or she'll just blame it on the Hurricane. She would pull back, eventually, and they will have to talk some more. About whatever else was on the schedule tonight. He still needed to lecture her on being responsible, and all that. Eventually.
Shawn was back on the bed. Good. It was much more comfortable this way. And her world being blurry as it had been in the last couple of hours, she was grateful she could see his face more clearly. It was an important detail in these kinds of conversations. "Well the way I see it, we could agree that we like each other and try to not let it get in the way of our job. Or we can have an awakward moment everytime we're together and the mission might suffer because of the tension that'll undoubtedly build between us. Is that right or am I way off here?" Lily but her lip again and smirked at him. "Not exactly, buuuut... sorta. Yeah. As I see it..." she raised her hand "One, we can agree there is nothing between us and then go on totally professionally about the mission with nothing to distract us." Us. Yup. Not like she hadn't been distracted once in a while when Shawn was around. She just dealt with it by chalking it up to the silver effect. "... ooor, two, we can admit we like each other." she continued, glancing at him "Either way, we get rid of the tension." It sounded surprisingly logical to her, but of course she couldn't be entirely sure through the alcohol buzzing in her head. She looked at Shawn again. She knew it would be an easy choice for her. For him... it might not be. She was at a loss when it came to feelings, but there were also responsibilities, to the team and to the mission and whatnot. What did he say earlier? Oh right. Putting her in harm's way. Raising her hand she touched his cheek. She could feel the silver in his body, reacting to her powers even though she was not using them right now. "Y'know Shawn, you don't have to worry about.... whatever you worry about. I chose to be here. If anyone puts me in danger, it's gonna be me, not you." she giggled "I am perfectly capable of getting into trouble alone..." Funny. She really was.
"Look you didn't do anything wrong but it just makes thing weird unintentionally. This puts me in a real awkward situation for leading. I don't want to put you in a dangerous situation because I care about you... I...I...I mean... I have to be able to put the mission before any relationship right now, and I'm having trouble doing that right now because I'm afraid to put you in harms way." Lily sat up slowly and blinked. Now Shawn was rambling too. This didn't exactly make things easier, but at least they were talking now, and if she would just be able to peel away all the extra words and find out what he exactly meant... Tilting her head, she looked at him. His cheeks were red (so were hers, as far as she could tell), and kinda cute. Poor Shawn. He was always so tense about the mission. Not that she could blame him for it. Lily dimpled, and shook her head. "Soooo, let me see if I understand what you are saying: we are putting the mission in danger because I am distracting you, because you keep thinking about where we stand with each other. Right?" Oh, she was so proud of herself. Putting that sentence together all on her own. Drunk. Yay. She chuckled softly, and fell back onto the bed again. It was much more comfortable. "Come back here I'm not gonna bite you." Staring at the ceiling, she was silent for a while, musing about the whole situation. "Soooo... as I see it, here are two ways this situation can be solved." she announced. It was easy, really. They just had to decide one way or the other. Positive or negative. They just have to tip the balance over, and the dilemma will be solved and they can go back to concentrating on the mission and nobody gets hurt and...
"Would you prefer to start with the lecturing about getting completely hammered on a mission or would you prefer to start with this subject?" That was more like it. Lily knew the other 'subject' was there, so it was good to finally hear it, they were going to deal with it sooner or later anyway. Better sooner, because in her current position she was not sure about later at all. "I don't know what you've been thinking about lately but I've only been concentrating on learning this mission so hard because I've been trying to avoid this discussion. But I don't think we can avoid it anymore. It's a little weird that our kiss in the infirmary dind't make things uncomfortable between us. It's like it never happened. Which is good when you're going on missions together. But it's not good when you have to put that person in certain danger." Lily's eyes narrowed. The whole speech was... a lot to think about, and her mind was struggling with the alcohol to make sense of what he was saying. More importantly the parts he was not saying out loud. She fell back on the bed again with a sigh, and stared at the ceiling. Trying to put words together for a delicate conversation seemed a lot harder after a few cocktails. Damn. "I'm not good at this, Shawn..." she bit her lip "... I mean the whole relationship thing... I don't have any experience. Sooo. I'm sorry, I don't..." Glancing at him, she felt her cheeks burn. "And I also have nooo experience with what a kiss is supposed to mean... after being double scared to death. Dunno, I... figured you'd know. You have been doing the whole... saving the world thing a lot longer than me. I just thought... I don't know what I thought." she concluded with a sigh. She was rambling now. Perfect. Just perfect.
Shawn took her to his room. Uh-oh. There was going to be talk. Lily frowned a tiny frown. She knew the team leader had a very good reason (several good reasons, actually) to be mad at her, but she though maybe it could wait till she sobered up. Maybe not. "You're not going to throw up on my bed are you?" Lily shot a look at him as she sat on the bed. She had never experienced drunkenness before, but as far as she could tell from the signs, she was not going to be sick any time soon. Hopefully maybe. "Puh-lease, Shawn, I'm not that drunk." she chuckled, lazily kicking off her boots and wriggling out of her coat before she fell back onto the bed. Whatever. "Before I let you go to sleep we're going to figure this situation out so that we ain't hanging in limbo anymore. I'm just gonna be blunt about it. Where the hell do we stand? I hope you know cause I have NO clue." Lily blinked, and her eyes widened in surprise. Wait, what? She was expecting a whole different kind of discussion (including a speech on Why We Don't Get Drunk During Missions), but... this was about something else. Shawn and her. She ran a hand through her - by this time quite messy - hair, and sighed. "Are you suuuure you wanna discuss this now? Because... I think I am drunk." she giggled. She was pretty sure she was drunk. Sitting up once again - the changes in position still made her dizzy - she rested her chin on his shoulder, tilting her head to look at him. "I have no clue either. Where do you want us to stand?"
"Come to my room I can help with the alcohol." Lily blinked at Kaz. What the hell was that supposed to mean? Her brain refused to decipher the possible meanings of the offer. The heck was Shiny Shiny Kaz playin' at anyway. Lily wrinkled her nose. She didn't need help with the alcohol. The alcohol was just fine as it was. She was getting... nah, not sober, just less cheerfully drunk... by the minute. She tilted her head to see what was going on with Alex at the counter; her brain vaguely registered that her case was handed over to Shawn. Hm. Coulda been worse. She let out a surprised yelp as Shawn scooped her up, and clung to him for balance. Sudden change in position made her dizzy. Also... "LILYYYYYY! Save me from the caveman!" Uh-oh. Alex had been carried away. Quite literally. And savagely. But why all the screaming and kicking?... Standing on her own feet again, she let Shawn support her. She might have been able to stand and walk alone... but she didn't feel like it, and besides, it was nice to be taken care of. When Shawn picked her up again, she snuggled close to him with a sigh - at least she didn't have to watch Alex anymore - and waved to Kaz. "Good night, Kaz, sweet dreams" she muttered. “Alright. I think you’ve had enough excitement and booze for the night. Time to get you to bed.” "I couldn't agree more" she sighed,resting her head on his shoulder as the elevator door closed behind them. It was cozy, being carried like this. "Shawn?" she muttered into his neck after a while "Why is everrrryone under the impression that we are... um... together?... Besides, you know... you carrying me to my room right now." she chuckled softly. Oh Lily girl you're soooo gonna hate yourself in the morning.
"Time limit? We don't have a set time frame but we do need to do this as soon as possible. The faster we do this the sooner we can move on to our second part of our job." Jewel listened and nodded. Second part? So there was more to the mission. Well. For a second it crossed her mind to ask, but she didn't want to interrupt. They will know everything in due time. The team leader will make sure of that. "...Get some rest it's gonna be a tough and long night tomorrow." Now that sounded... serious. Lily was starting to feel the effects of the jet lag too, so she couldn't have agreed more with Shawn about getting some rest. She hoped she would be able to sleep. Traveling in this direction, it was definitely a problem, but she'll try anyway. She'll need to be at her best for the mission tomorrow. Yes she was nervous. She could tell the others were too. Denying it wouldn't have made anything better, so she admitted it. To herself. So far everything went smoothly, and they were as organized and prepared as they could be. They had a plan, they had a mission, they had a team, they had a leader they could trust. She glanced at Shawn. What a responsibility. One does not go motherly-cuddly over the team leader in front of the whole team. Definitely not. As the others left, she lingered; standing up at last, she put a hand on Shawn's shoulder and smiled. " You too. Get some sleep, okay?" Falling asleep went easier than she'd thought. Tough night tomorrow.
"Good so we've agreed that you're the sidekick. I'm glad we've gotten that out of the way." Lily stuck her tongue out at Shawn. It was Not Nice. But she enjoyed it. "Oh there she is... Let's go say hi." Bantering was forgotten in an instant as she turned to look at the girl curiously. She couldn't see her clearly with all the people moving around; she was young, and quite pretty, and looked kind of shy. Lily had seen the boy she was talking to before, but wasn't introduced to him. Well, she will be now. Smiling, Lily stood and took Shawn's hand, following him to the pair. Wedding guests talked and laughed and drank their drinks around them, mutants mingling with mutants. Lily chuckled. What a party. Time to meet the famous sister.
Bantering was fun. Lily giggled. She didn't usually giggle, it being a not so polite form of cheerfulness... but she didn't really care right now. Fun was fun, and that was that. "As far as I know he doesn't. But I haven't talked to him in a while. I don't really talk to anyone from my family that doesn't live here." Oh. Her smile softened a bit, and she hesitated for a moment, not sure what to say. "Oh... because of the mutant issue?..." It was weird, to imagine how it would feel not being in contact with her family. True, hers was a very small one - Maman, Dad and Lily, with some relations who only showed up for big family gatherings once in a blue moon - but she did miss her parents. Even though there was a lot going on that kept her mind off being homesick. But she talked to them on the phone almost every day. "I'd love to meet your sister... if she shows up." she glanced around "Or maybe later, if she is not coming to the wedding." Finishing her drink, she set her glass down on the table, and rested her chin in her palm, deciding to lighten the mood. "Till then I'll just do my duties as a sidekick and look at you in awe." she smirked, batting her eyelashes and assuming an authentic look of awe and admiration. And biting back a grin.
"Jewel, you're obviously not the most experienced in combat situations but you were willing to take instruction from the other members of your team that knew more about what they're doing. Everyone has to start somewhere and a willingness to listen and learn is one of the most important skills anyone can have."
In spite of her annoyance with Kaz at the moment, Lily's cheeks turned pink with pride. They passed the test after all. She couldn't quite believe it, and it was nothing she expected, but they did it, and it flooded her with the feeling of success. Which, however, didn't last long.
Listening to Kaz's little speech Lily surprised herself by getting really, really pissed. It usually took a lot from one single person to get under her skin, especially in blissful moments like those after an exam well done. Kaz was doing a great job spoiling those moments for her right now. "She still needs work, but the basic responses are there." Her basic response was blood drumming in her ears. "You both work fairly well while being annoyed or embarrassed, among other things. Congrats to that." And with that, he walked away. If he hadn't said this single last sentence, Lily might have exploded in yelling and sharp comments; but she caught herself in time, realizing that was exactly what her teammate was aiming for. Taking a deep breath, she stood silent till Kaz was gone, then let the breath out through her nose. "I. So. Want. To. Kick. His. Ass." she murmured. To herself.
