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.
GLITCH: “I'm Glitch. And I can do mac and cheese no problem. But is this really all right?” she asked, looking towards the others.
“Of course it is,” Allegra said answering for the others. “Like we say in cheerleading camp, it’s only a cheer if we’re all cheering the same thing.” Okay, that really didn’t have all that much to do with cooking but Allegra was very nervous and she was trying to be inspiring.
Glitch gave Allegra a friendly reminder about slacking, which wasn't completely lost on the girl. “Oh!” Allegra said. She finally caught on to what ‘floater’ might mean and she really wished she had given herself a better title..
AMBER: "First, its way more fun to be a freak. Who wants to be normal and boring?" Obviously. "Second, I don't actually eat people, ok? That was a joke? You do understand jokes, right?"
“Eating people is not funny,” Allegra responded in a shaking flustered voice. “I don’t see how anyone could find that funny. Do you have more jokes about killing people? How about people dying in car crashes. Heard any good suicide jokes lately? I hope you’re not considering a career in stand up.”
“Also, who would be proud of being a freak?” Allegra asked. The more she self righteously rambled, the braver she got. “Oh, I guess you are one of those people that spends so much effort trying to prove how different they are because it’s so much easier to act like you don’t fit in and to put people down than actually contributing to anything. It’s scary to stand up for something positive.”
Back home, there were groups that bullied Allegra because she was in cheerleading and pep club. They seemed to excel at either wearing black or smoking copious amounts of marijuana. Other than that (and being really mean), they didn’t seem to have much to offer. Amber reminded Allegra of some of those people. The only difference was that Amber looked like a walking corpse and she seemed to advocate chowing down on human flesh. That made her even worse.
Still, Amber agreed to start working on the chicken for which Allegra was grateful. “Thank you,” Allegra said.
AOI: "I have not made this before but it seems easy enough, just follow the directions right"
“That’s the spirit!” Allegra cheered. “Go team! If you need any help, I’ll be floating...er...I’ll be right over.”
Chase proved to be the most obstinate in the group. He asserted that floating was the teacher’s job and, following this logic, Allegra couldn’t float all the time.
“The teacher isn’t floating. He’s just sitting there doing nothing,” Allegra pointed out. “That’s why you need me. That’s my job.”
Chase glared at her with an angry orange stare. Allegra was new here and this kind of thing still freaked her out. She was halfway convinced her life was in danger.
“Don’t you dare do a glowing eye thing on me!” Allegra warned. She wasn’t positive what a ‘glowing eye thing’ was but she was sure that, whatever it was, Chase could do it.
CHASE: “I don’t… I don’t know how to cook at all. And your ‘Imelda’ taught you how to cook a little, right?” Chase said to Allegra, “So, uh… please help me with the cookies. All of the cookies. So I don’t mess everyone up.”
Allegra adored children but a lot of that was because they usually did what she said. Chance was quite the opposite.
“If I did everything, you wouldn’t learn anything, now would you?” Allegra lectured. She felt this was a good argument to cover up for the fact that she had no clue what she was doing and didn’t want to do any work herself. “Preheating the oven is the first step. I already explained all about that. Next, you want to get all the ingredients together. Mr. Turner wrote them all down under where it says ‘ingredients.’ Stop me if I’m going too fast.”
Allegra was being snappy and she usually wasn’t like that, but this class was taking a toll on her and being questioned by an 12 year-old wasn’t helping. “First you need to get all the ingredients out and put them on the counter,” she explained. “The ingredients are sugar and brown sugar which should be right next to each other. You also need eggs which should be in the fridge. And flour and baking soda and salt and chopped nuts and of course, chocolate chips. And we need vanilla. Wait! That doesn’t make sense. Vanilla what?” Allegra was thoroughly confused by this. Vanilla was just a flavor wasn’t it? She sure wished her housekeeper, Imelda, was here to explain this all to her.
“Mr. Turner. How do we get the vanilla into the cookies?” Allegra asked
While Allegra stood there with her hand raised, she finally noticed that Mr. Turner wasn’t just sitting there doing nothing. He was actually sitting and doing something. She propped her phone up so it was facing the teacher and pressed RECORD. Being able to refer to a video of someone who actually knew how to cook would help immensely with her floating duties.
"You have a point there, but roaches are also decomposers."
“I don’t care how depressed they are,” Allegra said once again misinterpreting what Derek said. “Give them all some buggy Prozac and tell them to leave me alone.” She sighed. “Okay, if you think I should give bugs a chance, maybe I will. How do I start with that?”
“I don’t think I’d be too good at saving money. Just spending it,” Allegra laughed. “Are you going to get any kind of scholarship when you go back to school? I’m sure if someone saw how good you are with animals, they’d give you one.”
“I think Mr. Turner thinks I’m spoiled or something,” Allegra said. “It’s not true. I’ve got friends with much bigger mansions than mine. Just because I’m not G.I. Jane army gal doesn’t mean I don’t have life experiences and it doesn’t mean things haven’t been hard for me. Besides, I have no intentions of becoming the Iron Chef, so his class is pretty pointless.”
“Of course, I’ll hear your little story. You’ve listened to me go on and on and on,” Allegra smiled. “That’s what friends are for. I’m glad you have thick skin. I don’t think I really do. When someone says something mean, it really gets to me. I can't help it."
“Thanks for the compliment,” Allegra smiled when Derek said she had a great eye for fashion. “I’ve been working on a design for school uniforms. Not like I think we need to get uniforms but maybe for training and stuff. I’m just afraid some nerd is gonna suggest that because we have powers like superheroes, we should all wear yellow spandex or something.” Allegra shuddered. “I think I’d rather cuddle up to a roach.”
Allegra turned back to hear the now familiar cat calls and comments. Thankfully she had someone standing up for her. The herd of jerks didn't seem quite ready to let it go yet.
“Hey, with an outfit like that, she’s asking for it,” one of the guys shouted back. “You both are.”
Allegra was infuriated. She was so tired of putting up with this crap so she turned to give this guy a piece of her mind. But as she stared at him, she remembered the last time she fought back. It was when her ‘date’ attacked her and her mutant power kicked in. She had turned her date into a literal monster.
A look of fear now crossed her face. It wasn’t that she was terribly afraid of these childish drunks. She was too angry for that. It was the fear of her power going out of control again.
Allegra’s frightened expression just made them laugh more. “Don't worry, babe. We'll be gentle. Honest.” one shouted as the group walked away while making more comments and lewd gestures.
Allegra just stood there feeling completely humiliated. People were always afraid of mutants because of their powers. Mutants were almost godlike. They could do anything. Allegra’s powers just made her feel weaker. She couldn’t fight back for fear of her powers kicking in accidentally. She could seriously hurt someone and she could be exposed for what she was. So she just stood there doing absolutely nothing while those jerks shambled off laughing.
“Thank you,” Allegra said to the woman. “I really appreciate you sticking up for me. I don’t normally dress like this. It’s just…..” Allegra’s voice trailed off. The only thing more embarrassing than dressing like this was admitting how she got roped into dressing like this. She did whatever her friends did whether she approved of it or not. That wasn't something she wanted to admit. “There are fashion mistakes and fashion disasters. This is a fashion apocalypse. Let's just leave it at that."
While Allegra was whirling with insecurities ready to do whatever anyone told her to do, this woman seemed completely comfortable with herself. She wasn't ashamed of what she was wearing like Allegra was. She was reveling in it. Allegra was searching for excuses for everything she did wrong. This woman didn’t feel she had to justify or apologize about anything. Allegra wished she could have that confidence.This woman seemed so ancient and young at the same time. Like she had a million experiences and each one just made her glow even more. It must be so wonderful to feel that way.
"Did I tell you sorry for bumping into you and thank you for telling those jocks off. Well, sorry and thank you. Hey, can I get you something? I’m going to buy one of those overpriced ugly shirts over there but after that, I’m going to grab something to eat and drink. Do you want anything?”
Allegra reached into her purse and saw it had been opened. “No!” she cried. It looked like her ass wasn’t the only thing people had been grabbing. Someone had stolen her wallet and everything in it.
“Just great!” Allegra sighed. “Can this day suck any more?”
Not really but she wanted to see her friend, Rayna. After that debacle at the beach yesterday when they had gotten into that fight, Allegra felt she needed to make it up to her friend and spend time with her. Rayna would be flying back to California tomorrow morning but instead of some quality friendship time, Allegra was being forced to spend another day with Kristii Jansen and her mindless followers.
Allegra was already hating it. She and the rest of the group were all wearing daisy dukes and tight red tank tops that said ‘Sexy Girlz.’ This is because model and actress wannabe Kristii was booked to participate in some reality show/modeling competition ingeniously named Sexy Girlz and she was doing everything she could to promote it. This included making all her friends dress in outfits that made Hooters waitresses seem classy. Allegra suggested perhaps changing the shirts to say ‘Skanks R Us’ but the joke was lost on Kristii.
At least they got into the first annual Mechanical Zombie Electronica Festival for free. It wasn’t exactly Coachella but it was pretty rocking. There were some good bands booked and already the place was packed with fun seekers. The girls were handed glowing Mardi Gras beaded necklaces and tiny plastic whistles shaped like robots as they walked through the rainbow arch entrance way. Krstii was all ready to plan what they’d be doing next.
“Where are my Sexy Girz!” Kristii shouted. “”First stop, Daiquiri Tent! Let’s get wayyyy-sted!”
Her friends cheered loudly in approval. Allegra desperately wished she was somewhere else.
“What’s wrong, A?” Rayna asked. “You’ve been in the crapper ever since yesterday,”
“I was just hoping we could spend some time together,” Allegra said. “I haven’t even gotten a chance to really talk to you and I can barely even hear you over Kristii.”
“You know I don’t like her either but she did fly me over here and got us all VIP passes for this fest, so I can’t exactly blow her off.”
“Like you did with me yesterday?” Allegra demanded.
“That’s because you were making nice with that scary spiked head chick,” Rayna answered. “Look, I’m sorry. Why couldn’t you have just stayed with us? What were you thinking?”
“I was thinking that everyone was being really mean to her and if you all wouldn’t have made fun of her I wouldn’t have had to go over and talk to her.”
“I wasn’t making fun of her,” Rayna defended herself.
“You weren’t helping,” Allegra answered. That was far more diplomatic than calling Rayna out for being just as mean as the others.
“HEY SEXY GIRZ! WHAT TIME IS IT? IT’S JELLO SHOT TIME!!!” Kristii shrieked.
“I’m out of here!” Allegra shouted and stomped away. Why did she come out here? She wished she was back home at the mansion sunning with Derek or decorating DJ Roomba with Abby. Hell, even debating the ethics of eating people with Amber was better than this.
Allegra just wandered aimlessly lost in her anger. But eventually she started getting in tune with the festival and slowly started to enjoy herself. She started dancing along to the electronic beats. She spun around taking in everything around her. There was a guy in stilts dressed red, white and blue as Uncle Sam. A girl passed by with a plume of peacock feathers on her back like wings. A group of guys were running in circles shaking maracas shaped like skulls. People were letting their freak flags fly but in a fun, cool way.
Normally Allegra would feel self conscious being alone at a festival like this but she was kind of appreciating the alone time. It gave her a chance to notice things that would have ignored if she was here giggling with Kristii and the rest of the sheep. Allegra was just letting herself live in the moment and enjoy the sights, the sounds and....the guy that just slapped her ass??
“Hey, sexy girl! That's what is says on your shirt. Is that your real name?” some frat guy shouted along with a few unsavory comments about what was going through his head. All it earned him was a hard backhand slap across that head. Allegra pushed her way through the crowd to get away.
Okay. First order of business buy a shirt at the first vendor she could find. She didn't care what the shirt said as long as it fit over what she was wearing now.
Allegra was on a mission, but the problem with being on a mission in very crowded situations is that you don't always look where you're going. Allegra slammed right into a fellow Mechanical Zombie reveler.
“Well, butterflies are pretty and honey tastes good,” Allegra said. “What good are wasps or cockroaches? All roaches do is spread germs and get in your food and look gross.” Allegra was trying to be open minded about this but she couldn’t see any reason to tolerate the lowly roach.
“I’ve got a credit card. I can go out to eat whenever I want,” Allegra said. “Back home we had a housekeeper that did all the cooking. I seriously do not need to know how to make three course meals. Though, I guess it could be fun. I used to make stuff in my Easy Bake Oven all the time when I was a kid. But that class was more like being in the army. Less cupcakes. More push ups.”
“Yeah, I’ve been vegetarian for three years and vegan for almost a year,” she said. “There’s just so much good vegan food out there I don’t see any reason you need to hurt an animal just for a meal. I think the only time I’d do that is if the animal was attacking me or there was absolutely nothing else to eat. I’d ask my teacher about it, but I think eating meat is his mutant power. Plus, I don’t think he likes me very much.”
“I knew a girl from Austin,” Allegra said. “It’s really liberal but some of the people there are kinda freaky. Houston’s really growing. I guess any big city is gonna be more liberal and accepting than some of the podunk little towns. I’m just so sorry people were mean to you. You don't deserve that. I hate bullies more than anything.”
“Oh, so you're not gonna go to school to learn how to take ugly pictures for driver’s licenses then,” Allegra laughed. “DVM. Got it. I’m pretty embarrassed now. I think you’d be great as a vet. Even without your powers, you’ve got a good caring heart.”
“There should be plenty we both enjoy,” Allegra said. “When my puppies come, I want to take them to Central Park. Would you be interested? Yes, making smoothies for hot guys is a must but I don’t see any. Other than you of course.” She poured Derek another glass. “I made a bunch in case anyone else wanted to stop by, but so far no takers, so it’s all for us. I’m actually really enjoying yourself. I was so depressed before. Thank you for making this easier.”
“That’s awesome you had help finding this place,” Allegra said. “I had a friend help me but mostly it was just me and the internet looking for a safe place for mutants. I haven’t even told my mom that I’m a mutant. She could always google ‘Xavier’s’ and find out, but she won’t. They would mean she cares about me and she really doesn’t. I just told her that this place is oh-so-exclusive and that’s all she cares about. So are you and your aunt close? Does she come to visit you here?”
Allegra listed to Abby hum. It was like nothing she ever heard before. A little bit hypnotic. Of course, it probably had more to do with how tired Allegra was. Still, her voice was beautiful.
“So are you pretty good with your powers?” Allegra asked. “After four years is it kind of like second nature? I just found out I was a mutant last week. I sure wasn’t expecting that. I mean mutants are things you hear about on TV. I still can’t believe it. Me, a mutant? I’m just not like that. I'm just not the mutant type, you know?”
“So secret birthday cakes? That sounds awesome,” Allegra said. “I bet me and Mr. Turner are gonna get along just great. So, the girls like Mr. Holloway? Is he cute? There seriously need to be more hot teachers or else everyone’s gonna fall asleep in class. If I was on the Board of Education, I’d work on that right away.”
“So, you play piano? Awesome. You can sing really good too. Could you play for me sometime? I’d love to hear it.”
“So your legs hurt?” Allegra asked. “Are your legs ever going to look…..normal?” Allegra was trying to figure out how Abby could be fine about this. Allegra would just hide in her room all day and not come out if she had legs like Abby’s.
“Oh my god. You don’t think something like that could happen to me, do you?” Allegra looked completely horrified.
Allegra tried to smile when Abby listed off the things to do. The library was definitely out. The maze might be fun, but Allegra would have to learn her way around the mansion first. “Movie night sounds fun. Um, gaming? That’s not a bunch of nerds playing video games, is it? Oh, the principal invited me on one of his field trips. Bungee Jumping in Belize or something. Are the field trips always so exotic?”
Abby mentioned shopping trips and Allegra’s eyes lit up. “When’s the next shopping trip?” Allegra asked. Not only was shopping her favorite pastime but she could also get a chance to meet others with similar interests. She figured she’d make more friends that way than showing up to (yuck!) gaming night.
“Next shopping trip, we both have to go!” Allegra exclaimed. “I'm just thinking of a million outfits you'd look adorable in. Um, what’s this about a Danger Room? Why would anyone want to go in a room that’s dangerous?”
"Four years, huh? Wow. That's a while. You must have discovered you were a mutant really young. How did you find out about this place?"
Allegra was wondering if Abby's parents were around or if she was just put here. Abby looked even younger than Allegra and she had to have been pretty young when she came here. She had heard of some kids being left on the street when their parents discovered they were mutants. Allegra wasn't going to push the subject though. Abby could choose to volunteer it. Or not.
Abby assured Allegra that it was okay to be nervous which made her feel better. "I'm so glad the teachers are nice. I've had a few dweezers at my old school. My first class tomorrow is Home Ec. Mr. Turner. Do you know him? I hope he's a laid back nice guy."
The fact that Abby didn't know about cliques was a good sign. If there were huge groups of snobby Mean Girls, Abby would probably know about it. Unless she was in one herself, but she seemed too nice for that.
"I love Art!" Allegra said. "That's my favorite class and my teacher at my old school is just so incredible. My teacher here is named Mr. Holloway. Is he cool? I'm not much for school but that's one class I can't wait for."
"Sharkmaid. That's funny," Allegra said. It was a funny joke but Allegra kind of felt sorry for Abby. Allegra would die if her legs looked like that.
"You know, my mom knows a plastic surgeon. Actually, lots of plastic surgeons. If you ever wanted to do something about that, I could maybe set you up."
Allegra's voice trailed off. Was that even the right thing to do? Did she just insult Abby? Abby didn't seem too self conscious but maybe she was proud of her mutation. Allegra couldn't understand why a pretty girl like Abby would be proud to look freaky and mutated, though. Of course, there was a lot about mutants that Allegra didn't understand.
So instead Allegra turned her attention to the roomba to change the subject. "Yeah, he's a charmer for sure," Allegra laughed. "So, what is there to do for fun around here? Other than decorating robots, of course."
When Derek suggested that Allegra should get to know the insects, she got bug-eyed in terror. "But they're all creepy crawly," Allegra shrieked. "They come into your house without asking and fly in your face. And they're UGLY! They look like something from a monster movie. And there’s a million of them and they all want to crawl all over you! What is there to like about them?"
"You know how to cut mangoes?" Allegra asked. "Well then, when we go back for seconds, you should cut some up and we'll add them to the smoothies. I'll watch while you do it so I'll know how next time. Maybe it'll impress my Home Ed teacher. I doubt it, though. I thought that class would be easy but it's not. They made me do manual labor. Can you believe that? On my first day! I felt like I was on a really bad reality show. We were able to form into groups but the teacher said that we would all get the lowest score of whoever worked the least. I didn't think that was very fair or very nice. Why do we need to know how to cook anyway? That's what restaurants are for."
Derek asked if they got to eat the food they cooked. "Yeah, sort of," she answered. "You know I love animals so I'm vegan. I don't want to eat them or do anything that will harm them. There wasn't anything I could eat in the class. The robot girl couldn't eat either, though, so that made it a little bit less awkward. Still it totally sucked. Don’t even get me started on the conversation about eating people. Some students here seem to think that cannibalism is funny for some reason."
"We need to plan a trip down south then," Allegra said. "If the shopping's good, I'm there!"
"I'm sure you'll be able to get your DMV no problem," Allegra said pronouncing the title wrong. "So what do you want to do when you get it? Do you want to be a vet or maybe something different like an animal trainer or psychologist or something?"
"Gawking at hot guys is a definite yes for me too," Allegra laughed. "I don't know anything about gardening but I'm signed up for a botany class here which looks interesting. I'm not sure about nature walks- too many bugs. But I do love running. I wake up and jog every morning. I really want to check out Central Park. I love music. Hope you like the mix I've got on. I'm big on Netflix binging too. I was rewatching all of Big Beautiful Fibbers so I can be all caught up for the finale that's coming up. My friends say I look like Shanna on the show but I don't think so. She's way prettier. Let's see. I like to draw obviously. I love the beach. I love dancing and I love my puppies. I’m crazy into fashion and shopping is my life. And most of all, just hanging out with my friends. So I'm having a great time this afternoon.”
“Okay, then you have to promise me you’ll stay away from hornets’ nests,” Allegra said. “I don’t want you getting hurt. I can’t imagine a more painful death than being stung by a swarm of hornets. They keep stinging over and over again unlike bees, right? God, I hate bugs!"
“Mangoes are yum!” Allegra said. “They didn’t have any frozen mangoes in the fridge. I saw a couple fresh mangoes but I don’t really know how to cut them. But we will have to try them next time.”
“I can’t even remember his name. Like I said, I didn’t get a chance to talk to him,” Allegra said of the blue-skinned mutant. “”I just remember he could turn red and heat stuff up then turn white and freeze stuff. He tried to cook the chicken using his powers. That didn’t work so well. He should have just used the oven. Mr. Turner, our teacher, is kind of a stickler for everyone following directions.”
“I guess it’s progressive in Cali,” Allegra said. “Compared to North Carolina, it certainly sounds like it. I’ve never lived anywhere else. I guess in some ways it’s better and in some ways it’s not. We’re way more accepting of being gay and stuff like that but you’ve got to dress a certain way and you have to know the right people to fit in. I know it’s that way everywhere, but it’s huge in Beverly Hills. The south just strikes me as a little more laid back.”
“You know, I’ve never heard the term ‘animal studies’ before. So is that kind of like getting your M.D. to treat animals?” That sounded really interesting to her. She loved animals but wasn’t sure she wanted a career doing it. “You’ll be a natural if you can get through the science and math stuff. Most animals are terrified when they get to the vet, so you can at least calm them down a bit. Believe it or not, my friend''s cat sees a therapist. Maybe you could be an animal shrink or something like that.”
“New York does seem amazing but I haven’t had much chance to explore yet,” Allegra said. “What kind of stuff do you like doing for fun. Maybe we can plan an adventure together?”
“Do you think you could control a whole hornet nest?”Allegra asked. “That's a lot of buggy brains to keep track of. Or do you just have to control the queen to tell all the other hornets what to do? They would sure do a lot of damage. It’s kind of scary actually what we can do. Or what some of the other people here can do.” Allegra thought that people who wanted mutants to register had a good point. Sure, it was found to be unconstitutional and that made sense too. Mutants like herself and Derek were people and she didn’t want either of them monitored by the government. But it was still scary to think about what mutants could do unknown and unchecked..
“I love these smoothies and they’re so easy to make,” Allegra said. “I've also thrown watermelon with raspberries into the blender and that’s really good too. If you want more, just let me know and I can make some.”
Allegra looked over at the other mutants in the pool. “That glowing turquoise guy is in my Home Ec class,” Allegra said. “I don’t know his name and haven’t ever talked to him but a member of the Blue Man group tends to stick out.”
“Well, when you come to visit me in California, we’ll go scuba diving together,” Allegra said. “It’s a lot of fun. I can’t guarantee any great whites but there are plenty of cool fish and other sea creatures to mingle with.”
“Are you taking any classes here at Xavier’s?” Allegra asked. “What are you going to take an NYU? How long does it take to get your veterinary license or whatever they call it? There’s a bunch of great fashion schools here in New York so I might hang around after I graduate from this place. Or maybe I should say if I graduate from this place. I’ve only had one class and it’s way harder than anything I had at my old school.”
"Woof! Woof!" Kristii shouted as Allegra went to apologize to Jayden. "You might want to bring a leash. And get your rabies shots."
"This should be good," another girl laughed as she pulled out her phone to film everything.
Allegra was thinking that this was a very bad idea. She didn't want to be made fun of and, honestly, Jayden was pretty freaky looking. She certainly wasn’t the kind of person Allegra would dare to be seen hanging out with. But Allegra couldn't stand people being bullied and this spiky head woman wasn't doing anything to anyone. She didn't deserve this.
"Sorry those girls are being such mutants," Allegra said. She didn't even think about the context of the word. It was an insult Allegra and her friends threw around without thinking. Allegra would never use the word 'gay' as an insult or utter the N word, but using 'mutant' as an slur was something she did without considering what she was really saying.
"Honestly, I don't really like them much," Allegra said. "Rayna's my friend and Rachel's actually pretty cool but the others are just mean. Thank you for not saying anything to them or smacking them in their plastic surgery faces. Anyway, I'm Allegra."
When Jayden offered the beer, Allegra took a seat next to her trying to ignore all the comments from Kristii and her friends. "Thanks," Allegra said. She really didn't like alcohol. Her mom was an alcoholic and that dampened any of the thrill that alcohol usually had on kids Allegra's age. Despite her dislike for alcohol, Allegra would drink whenever her friends were drinking because she did whatever her friends did.
Allegra took a tiny sip. She would be nursing the beer for as long as she could. “Yum,” Allegra said not very convincingly. “So, do you hang out here often. You don’t seem like a beach person. I mean, no offense. It just doesn’t seem like your vibe.” Allegra looked over to the motorcycle parked nearby. That was most definitely more of what she expected from someone like Jayden.
“I just moved to New York a couple days ago,” Allegra said. “I’m from California if you can believe that. I’ve visited NYC once but only the tourist spots. Statue of Liberty. Empire State Building. A couple Broadway shows. So what would you recommend for fun here? I haven’t really started exploring and I’m up for anything.”
Allegra then kind of wished she could take back those words. Allegra was afraid that her version of ‘up for anything’ was probably quite different than Jayden’s.
"Maybe you can tell the ants not to take the breadcrumbs," Allegra suggested. "Or if you want to be real mean, you can tell the ants to move the breadcrumbs and really confuse me. I hope not. I'm easily confused"
Allegra gave Derek a blank stare when he was talking about the labyrinth. "I think it was Hansel and Gretel," she offered. "Who's Theseus? Is he from Star Wars or something. Just to warn you, that whole Star Wars Trek thing. I just don't get it. People are so into it, but why? I mean it's all about some nerd with asthma who decides to wear some horror costume with a black cape and build his own little planet where all the other nerds wear ugly white costumes and speak Klingon. But come on. If he would just stop being so emo, then maybe he could move to a nice planet and make some friends. I don't think he's a very good role model for nerds."
"I'm on a babble-fest aren't I? Sorry," Allegra laughed. "Smoothie?" She poured Derek a glass and plopped a straw in it. "I wanted to put one of those little paper umbrellas in there too but I couldn't find any in the kitchen. Hope you like it. Just don't drink it too fast. The dreaded brain freeze must be avoided at all costs."
"That would be fun to make that happen with the dolphins," Allegra smiled. "They could be all happy and do tricks for us. Or they could get all angry and attack people like in the beginning of Shrek 3. I hope not though. I like happy dolphins better than crazed killer dolphins."
She took a sip of her smoothie. "Sorry. Babbling again. It's just that it feels so good to get out here in the sun even if we aren't by the beach. I really miss home even though I've only been gone a couple days. So, are you happy here so far? Have they signed you up for any classes yet?"
Allegra smiled when Derek joined her. “This is a first. I’m usually the one that’s late,” she laughed. “Don’t worry. I’ve just been relaxing. It still takes me forever to find my way around this place. I’m wondering if someone can make a GPS ap for this mansion. Otherwise, I’m gonna have to start loading up on breadcrumbs.”
She held the pitcher and a glass up. “Want some?” she offered.
“Oh, I was just drawing something for you,” she said. “It’s not finished but here.” She showed Derek a picture she drew of herself and him standing by the beach. In the background dolphins were jumping out of the sea.
“I’m into artwork and crafting so I make all kinds of crazy things for my friends. I hope you like it.”
Allegra said goodbye to Derek then ran to her room to change. She slid between the canyons of unpacked boxes that filled her room looking for the one labeled 'BEACH.' She picked out a bright yellow crochet bikini and Burberry sunglasses. She changed then grabbed her blanket and packed a basket with lotion and other sunbathing essentials. She checked herself in the mirror one more time and decided she was good to go.
Allegra then headed straight to the kitchen. She entered slowly and peeked her head in to make sure that scary plant mutant girl wasn't there anymore. Thank god she was gone. Allegra didn't know why some mutants had to look so..... mutated.
Allegra assumed students were allowed to eat whatever was available in the kitchen so she raided the refrigerator. She poured some orange juice into a blender then threw in a couple bananas along with some frozen raspberries, strawberries and peaches. She hit pulse and instant smoothie! She grabbed a pitcher and two glasses then circled back and grabbed a couple more in case there would be others at the pool that might want some.
Allegra got to the pool before Derek, so she staked out a couple beach chairs by the pool. She wished she was actually at the beach back home but this would do for now. She burnt easily so she lathered on the sunscreen. She put on her shades then threw on one of her personal music mixes on her phone. She then took out a pad of paper along with one of her drawing pencils and started working on her next masterpiece. Or perhaps just some doodling. Either way, it would be something to do until Derek or anyone else showed up.
