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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Posted by Zelda Gray on Nov 23, 2017 18:34:00 GMT -6
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Thanksgiving, the holiday break. She was happy enough to have some time off of teaching kids and all that fun stuff, but it was still strange. She usually never had time just 'off.' Not that it was a bad strange, either. She just didn't really know what to do with herself - she usually was busy doing this or that. She already had her lesson plans, backup lesson plans, everything else planned until the next semester.
So, she had spent her day doing other things - she went for a jog in the morning, ate at a diner for breakfast. She spent a few hours talking to her mom over the phone. She really needed to plan a visit to see her, but she really didn't have the time... But didn't she, though? At least now, she did.
In either case, she was busy walking down the streets of New York City. She had a cup of hot chocolate (it was totally the season already) and took a few sips as she walked. She was wearing a black dress with silver designs. A black coat made it an even cuter outfit. It was the perfect weather for it, too – chilly, but not quite to the point where it was freezing.
It was a pretty great walk, too. It was, at least, until she accidentally bumped into some guys shoulder, fairly hard too, as she tried to evade another guy that apparently had no respect. The impact made her accidentally drop her hot chocolate and with a small gasp, "Oh crap, I'm so sorry. That freaking jerk wouldn't move," she muttered. Luckily for them both, it didn't seem to get on either of them. Darn, though.
Posted by Zelda Gray on Nov 10, 2017 16:42:15 GMT -6
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She nodded, "Yeah... Pretty wild, honestly." She still had moments where she couldn't believe the turn of events that happened. In either case, it had happened so she shouldn't really be all that surprised.
She nodded and gave her a weak smile, "You're right... It was a really sh*tty thing, that's for sure." She smiled at her last question though, "Really well, actually. I do have him seeing a counselor every month. Granted, so am I. I figured it's only fair." She chuckled, "But he's excelling so far here. Making friends. He's... Still, culture shocked, for sure. Misses his previous family. But adjusting well."
Posted by Zelda Gray on Oct 27, 2017 15:07:34 GMT -6
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Zelda nodded. SUPER was definitely on there. Most of the sites presumed that much and even more so of the MROverse. It was a safe assumption. People were paranoid in that group - including Zelda. Which, Sveta saw her paranoia first hand.
She nodded again. That was quite a safe assumption, "And I don't even trust the government on our side not to pull that kind of sh*t."
She laughed, "Oh yeah, totally. No touching at all." She smiled. Sveta was a perfect mutation to use in her research but that dream was long gone... Zelda was still in grief over it, but she knew things would fall into place.
She sighed, "Yeah, it's really sh*tty. I'm lucky I found him when I did - it was really soon after it happened." She got lucky. He got lucky. It was a remarkable coincidence that it even happened, "We didn't even know until a few weeks later." She shook her head, "Yeah, it's pretty disgusting what people will do to their kids... Granted, I did give him up. If I hadn't..." She frowned, "It was the right thing to do at the time." Regret clearly ran across her face. He wouldn't have to worry about his mutation if he was with her.
Posted by Zelda Gray on Oct 25, 2017 18:28:51 GMT -6
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As any Doctor would be, she was super glad that Sveta was going to let her see the spot. She wished she had some gloves, but she would have to do with only using her eyes. She stepped behind Sveta and looked at the spot. It looked like the only scarring was from the stitches and where they cut it out. She mumbled to herself for a moment, "Do you know if there was a scar before they cut it out?"
>> "Dey dug it out in a hurry, but at least stitched it up after. I don't really remember how it went in. They had some kind of a... um, gun-like device for it."
She nodded, "Makes sense. If they can get it to go in fast enough and at the right angle, it won't leave a mark. If it did, no one would be the wiser." She sighed and stepped back, "Dirty b*stards," she grumbled.
She smiled. That was great to hear - she had her whole life ahead of her. It was good to know that she was going to be okay.
>> "Dark web? And you looked like such a by-the-book person"
She laughed and shrugged, "What can I say? We all have our vices." She chuckled a little more for a minute before she turned more serious, "I'm a bit of a paranoid person. The dark web is where you can find things and no one can find you. It's great for information but there is a lot of bad things on there." It was good for her work, at least when it came to preparing for shady evil CIA agencies from alternate timelines.
>> "You can't fight something that well placed and funded head on. But it also does not take much for people to be suspicious of them. Especially mutants."
She nodded, "In this timeline, it's going to be harder. People might not believe it could happen now, at least after the registration act was overturned." She sighed, "I hope our current government isn't complicit. I haven't heard anything about them, only the alternate timeline having SUPER." She shrugged a little, "Who knows, though."
>> "Does your id live here now? At the Mansion?"
She nodded and smiled, "He does. I actually found him when he was manifesting. Police were after him, etc... Luckily, we got him to the hospital. His foster parents threw him out he manifested." She frowned. It was a sad but common story. Well, at least the being disowned for his mutation part. "Maybe I can introduce you to him, later. Well... We just need to make sure you guys don't touch. He still doesn't have full control of his powers," she grinned, "probably wouldn't be the greatest idea for you guys to touch."
Posted by Zelda Gray on Oct 23, 2017 15:51:44 GMT -6
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The doctor in Zelda had to come out so, of course, she had to ask, "Can I take a look at the entry site? Is there a scar before they inserted it or only after it was removed... Well, presuming there is even a scar." She may be visited by SUPER again and if so, she'd like to be able to know how to disable those da*n things. She paused, "If you don't mind, of course. Crazy doctor lady here."
Zelda nodded, "Well, they do have a jailbird here," her face turned serious, "How safe are you? Do you need anything?" Zelda felt a connection with the woman, especially after herself going through SUPER's crap.
She nodded and chuckled, "No, I know you didn't. You don't have to apologize - I dug myself in the hole I'm in and I'm making the best of it. I'm just glad to see that you made it out okay." She turned as the path led them towards the back of the mansion, "I have to say, the dark web has been in a flurry with conspiracies about them ever since you got back." She perked a brow, "Anything to do with you?"
Posted by Zelda Gray on Oct 23, 2017 15:39:17 GMT -6
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>> "Wow."
She nodded her agreement. Wow was right. She had no idea her life was going to be taking this serious of turns...
>> "She did. Dey came and rescued me. Had to take the tracker out and everything, but... I'm back on this side, so that1s good for now. So, your research... it's all gone now?"
She smiled. That was good to hear, "That's so good, I'm glad they pulled through. I can't imagine it was easy." She had read online about the trackers, but the rumors were all over the place them, "Where did they put yours in? If you don't mind me asking."
She frowned and nodded, a pained expression crossing her face, "Yeah, it's gone. At least, any pieces they have is corrupted data that will lead them nowhere. I don't know why they backed off on bugging me, though."
Posted by Zelda Gray on Oct 21, 2017 17:40:54 GMT -6
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>> "You have a son?... Is he a mutant?..."
She nodded, "I do, he's 11. He is, he can send steel shards out of his body." It wasn't a power she was expecting. Her face tugged at a frown, "I gave him up for adoption when he was born. I was in medical school, I just didn't have the time to have a child." Not to mention, she had no idea who the dad was... She had some pretty wild days back then. Yikes.
She turned her focus back to Sveta, though, "How did you escape?! Did your friend help you?" She had destroyed her phone after she had resent the message (three times, to be exact,) to the unknown number. She got an entire new phone plan with a different company then.
Posted by Zelda Gray on Oct 16, 2017 21:07:33 GMT -6
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Sveta was a good person. Zelda could tell when she first met her. It made her heart warm that she went so far out of her way, put herself in so many danger, to help Zelda and her volunteers stay safe. Zelda was so grateful she had made it out safely and back into her home universe.
>> Yes. I lived here for a while, but figured out my powers were too dangerous to be around dis many mutants, so I moved out. You?"
She gave her a big smile and motioned ahead as she started to walk. She nodded, "That definitely makes sense. I can imagine that there could have been some accidents." She sighed, thinking about where to begin with her story, "Well, SUPER tried to get me to help them. They had one that messed with my mother's head," she shook her head, not wanting to go into the details about the memory, "She recovered, but I moved her somewhere else more discreet. Just to be safe. Anyways, I had a few connections here, so I just ended up here. I couldn't work at the hospital anymore. Not to mention, I found my long lost son..." She smiled, thinking of Abel. "Anyways, this is just where I landed, I suppose."
Posted by Zelda Gray on Oct 13, 2017 15:47:42 GMT -6
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It was great to see Sveta. It was great to know her real name, too. It was also great that she wasn't kidnapped and herself wasn't being threatened by SUPER, at least not anymore. They were both in some pretty serious situations, but they managed to make it out.
She released Sveta from her hug and gave the woman a big smile, "You look good!" Especially for someone recovering from being kidnapped. She wasn't even sure how long it had been now.
She gave her another smile, "It's so good to see you again! It was no problem. Duty as a doctor and all that Hippocratic oath and stuff. Anyways, I owe you a huge thanks too. If you hadn't tipped me off, who knows if I'd been able to get the word out to my volunteer's in time." She motioned to the path, "Have you been here before?" She thought she had, but she had no real idea if she had or not.
Posted by Zelda Gray on Oct 12, 2017 20:32:45 GMT -6
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It had been a long, hard few months. Zelda couldn't believe she had made it out alive, with her long lost son, and with a new job at the Mansion. Her research was lost but she had made some good progress. She wrote a report and gave it to her supervisor before officially shutting down the project - a massive text was sent to all volunteers that the data had been compromised and to watch out for themselves. She was pretty sure SUPER had no way to find out who they were but she had no idea. She initially had tried to go on as normal, with a few exceptions. She immediately stopped accepting new volunteers and she was careful to make sure that her current back stories for her volunteers wouldn't be in anyway traceable to the real person. As far as she could tell, SUPER never found any of them.
She remembered when she deleted and through all the samples away - she nearly cried. It was months of hard research, research that could have made a difference - but, it was too dangerous. Too dangerous to fall into evil powers hands. SUPER had tried to get her to help them but she refused. They messed with her moms head, but ultimately, they decided to leave her alone. Hopefully, they would never be back. Hopefully.
When the Mansion mentioned someone named Sveta was wanting to arrange a meeting with her, Zelda had no idea who they were referring to. After a description from what she explained to them, Zelda knew exactly who it was. That poor girl from our timeline that was kidnapped. She had come to meet? That meant she made it out. Yes!
Zelda dropped Abel off about 10 minutes before her proposed meeting time with Sveta at his classroom and then she headed out to the courtyard. It was a beautiful, warm autumn day. She was so glad that Sveta made it out. As she walked out of the building, she saw Sveta a little bit aways and she quickly walked over to her.
She gave a smile as she reached the woman and she immediately rushed to give her a hug. Maybe it was too forward, but Zelda was just so happy that she made it out, "Thank God, you made it back!"
Posted by Zelda Gray on Oct 12, 2017 20:31:35 GMT -6
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Zelda was a bit shocked, to say the least, to be riding down the street on a malachite wheelchair with a kid in her arm. The stares they received were... interesting, too. Some people fumbled for their phones to take pictures. Others just stared with their mouths gaped open. She whipped her cell phone out to give the hospital a heads up that they were coming.
Once they arrived to at the emergency room doors, Zelda hopped off the wheelchair, "I need two wheelchairs, now!" A couple, presumably nurses, scurried inside the building. She glanced towards Alex as he asked for help and nodded, "Abel, I need you to stand for me, okay? We gotta help Alex get into the hospital." The poor boy nodded and wiggled out of Zelda's arms, standing but holding onto her side. Zelda quickly rushed over to Alex and put his arm on the side of his cut over her shoulder as she began to walk into the emergency room. Luckily for them, the nurses got them two wheel chairs and quickly pulled them up Zelda carefully hoisted Alex into one and then helped Abel into the other.
With that done, it was time to get them checked in - that was something the administrators did. Zelda mentioned something about her paying for their treatment and then they called both Alex and Abel back to check in. In the meantime, Zelda ran to where the boys would be assigned - luckily, beside each other. In the meantime, she went ahead and helped the nurse get all the materials ready they would need to treat them both - mainly, the materials she needed to stitch his leg up. Plus, some good ole' pain killers.
While she waited for them both to be admitted, she sat down in Alex's assigned room and decided it was time to call the mansion. They needed to be prepared for an additional student.
Posted by Zelda Gray on Sept 30, 2017 18:59:31 GMT -6
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Zelda gave Alex a warm sile and nodded, "Yeah, I think we will be." It looked like their paths would be crossing a lot. That would be good, he seemed like a good guy - and attractive. She nodded, the kid of course was the priority right now. They both could agree with that. The wound on his leg couldn't be comfortable or painless, but it wasn't going to be fatal. She could start a course of antibiotics just in case there was any type of infection, anyways. That would cover all their bases.
Abel mumbled under his breath, "I'm sorry... Thank you dudes so much..." He was clearly feeling the effects of the shot. That was good - it kept him calm. It made it less likely for the META bot to start throwing grenades at them while they tried to get away. His voice was weak, tired, but innocent. It nearly broke Zelda's heart. She just whispered a small shhhh. He didn't need to worry about this business, they just needed to get to the hospital so they could get him and Alex taken care of. Once there, they could figure the rest out.
She nodded and watched Alex pick the lock to the door, her face clearly showing impressed. Even Abel was impressed. "Nice, that was awesome, actually." That was until she saw the gangmembers inside as they tried to point their guns towards them - but again, Alex came to the rescue. They were going to let them pass by. Zelda let out a visible sigh of relief as they backed down, "We'd be screwed without you, thanks."
She did her best to go as fast as she could but she was carrying a 13 year old boy. He wasn't exactly easy to carry. He was malnourished, clearly he didn't weigh enough, but at least she could carry him and go at a relatively fast walking speed. She moved through the building, finally exiting onto the street, carefully looking around. The police were still there. It looked like they were actually arresting the gangmembers. The META bot was still saying 'Hostile' but seemed to be stuck in the alley. Whew. She took a step out and began to walk towards the hospital when Alex showed up in a wheelchair. Impressive. She nodded and quickly jumped onto the backseat. "Who knew you could create a car like that. Awesome." She chuckled and leaned back in the back wheelchair as he took off. "It's only down this block and to the left. Well, you can just follow the signs I guess."
Posted by Zelda Gray on Sept 23, 2017 16:48:08 GMT -6
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Zelda held the poor kid as he cried onto her. He couldn't help his mutation came on so suddenly and it was even worse that his mother abandoned him. There would be consequences for his mother. Abandonment of a kid, she was confident, was a felony child abuse charge. He seemed like a good kid, too. He tried to get help as soon as he manifested and that showed some determination and a good moral compass on him.
She nodded, "I know which school he's talking about, too. There's X-Man and they'd be lucky to have someone like you in their school. I'm a pretty frequent visitor there, too, so we can talk as well." She looked at the wound in Alex's leg and winced, "We need to get that cleaned and bandaged, asap."
The poor kid kept sobbing into Zelda's shirt, clearly lost and unsure of what to do. She simply held him for the time being, rubbing his back.
The cops seemed to back off a little bit at this point as they began to remove the barriers. Hopefully, they'd let her just take him to the hospital - they were only about a block away, anyways. A couple of them nodded towards them and began to head towards their car. But, then there was a loud engine sound. Oh no. Her eyes darted to Alex, "We need to get out of here, now. We can talk with the police at the hospital, but there is no way I'm letting one of those stupid robots get anywhere near this kid." She glanced up and down the alleyway. There was one door but she wasn't sure if it was locked or not. It was probably locked. Plus, who knows where it went too?
She picked the poor kid up. He was lightweight, probably undernourished for what Zelda presumed was his age. There may be more bad to this poor kid's life that she didn't realize in the moment of the situation. She motioned for Alex to follow her and she tried to open the door, but it was locked. Sh*t. "I'm hoping you can make a lockpick out of your powers..?"
A very loud "ALERT. ALERT. ARREST REQUESTED FOR HOSTIL-HOSTIL-HOSTILE MUTANT." beeping from a large META bot in the background. Fish sticks.
Posted by Zelda Gray on Sept 18, 2017 22:05:22 GMT -6
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Zelda winced as she watched the metal shard dig and then fly away from the man's leg. That looked painful, pretty long. It may need stitches but it definitely needed to be sanitized - this may be metal shards but it did come from a kid. Who knows what kind of germs could be living on those shards. She'd have to get that checked out as soon as they got this kid under control. Zelda was nearing him and slowly pulled one of the syringes out, still careful to make sure that he wouldn't notice it. It would defeat this entire purpose if the kid saw it and panicked. He may want help but he isn't in control right now - his emotions & mutation was in control.
The boy was unsure of what to do, but he seemed to connect a bit with Alex as he actually looked up towards him with tear soaked eyes. He was devastated, afraid, and his soft, broken voice made it even more heartbreaking: "I don't know what's happening... My mom saw it and she won't talk to me anymore... She made me leave... I... I was going to the h-hospital..." He looked towards the guys, staring straight at his shield.
Zelda nodded towards the guy, that was good. He was paying attention to Alex and that meant she could make her move. Poor kid, though. It nearly broke Zelda's heart hearing him break into what is happening. Maybe she could help him and it definitely looked Alex might be able to help too. No one deserved to be in that much pain. Zelda shook her head at the last suggestion - they didn't need to confine him, at least not yet. He needed to be calm.
Lucky for them, Zelda got her chance as he was looking towards Alex. She dove in and injected the syringe into his leg. He jumped, afraid, and a few metal shards shot towards Alex shield. The kid then slumped, the metal shards disappearing into his body, as he slowly started to fall. Zelda quickly grabbed him so he wouldn't fall and hugged him close to her and petted his head, "Shhh... Shhh.. It's okay, it's okay. I need to know your name, okay?" When her deceased best friend manifested, she was there for this. She would never know how it felt but she knew enough from his pain to know the kind of pain. Most likely, his mom has rejected him and won't let him come home.
He sniffed and looked up towards her, "Abel..." She nodded and pulled his head against her chest as he continued to sob. "We'll figure it out, okay? You won't be alone and you'll be able to learn to control it." She motioned for Alex to come over in case he had any words to add."
Posted by Zelda Gray on Sept 14, 2017 22:59:50 GMT -6
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And they were done - Zelda had packed the samples, the packages, and everything else. She was ready to depart and began to walk towards the exit. She motioned for the blonde to follow her.
>> "Well... maybe my blood will be the breakthrough you need? With de boosting and all... I hope I helped. Stay in touch if you need more, okay?"
She smiled and nodded, "Of course." Zelda was probably never going to have contact with Sveta again, but she hoped the blonde would be rescued by her friend. There wasn't much she could besides hope for the best for her. Zelda didn't have the resources to do anything else - she couldn't fight against a conspiratorial government agency that she only learned about through the deep, dark web.
In either case, Zelda showed Sveta out discreetly. On a street corner, she smiled, "Thanks. I hope it works out." That was a very vague statement that she intended. In one hand, it could be that she hopes Sveta's blood will be the breakthrough she needed. On the other hand, it could be she hoped that Sveta gets free. Either way, it was probably vague enough that SUPER would presume it meant that Zelda hoped her sample would be the breakthrough she needed. Unless, of course, they already knew the whole set up that happened in the basement. Guess they'd found out.
Once back on her side of the rift, she resent the message in her phone to ensure it was delivered. She then deleted it and anything else of her. She triggered the alarm that sent a text that there could be a compromise to her volunteers. Then... She didn't know what to do. Should she just continue? Should she stop it? Zelda had a lot of contemplation to do - and for the first time in a while, she took a mental health day off work.
