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.
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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?
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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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>>”First of all, I think you're over exaggerating. It's not like I was out for a brisk stroll, helicoptering to everyone for shits und giggles. I was attacked und I did what I had to do to subdue an active threat”
Pippa winced at the mental image. Sure, it had been a fight, and they knew for a fact that he had been fighting a real mutant, and not some imaginary threat conjured up by a mental breakdown. Eye witnesses had confirmed that, but that did not stop them from also uploading the videos. Because obviously.
>>”Und second, you certainly looka legal to me,”
"Aalright" Pippa sighed "I'll just open you a tab at HR and deal with that later." she took some notes on a note pad before she looked up again. "Let me try another take: you are a SUPER agent. And at this point, most of the city would recognize you from a mile away with a bag on your head. Now, SUPER is not a clandestine organization anymore, which means, they need their recognizable faces to be trusted by the public. Do you have a sense of what you will have to deal with next time you go in the field?"
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It was not unheard of for someone in New York City to go through a roof. There were actually many reasons Pippa could think of, from plain burglary all the way to a vigilante fight. The question was, which one was his reason for crashing the gardening party.
>>"It was a nice day. I'd planned to go underground to find one of those uh- what are they? Abandoned subway station tunnels? But it was too nice, so I decided I'd enjoy it better if I could stay in the sunshine. I work nights usually so I gotta be careful to make sure I go outside."
Okay. Weird. Pippa arched an eyebrow. The guy wanted subways, and ended up climbing a building and falling into a greenhouse. Best laid plans.
>>"Will that be difficult to fix?"
"Probably. It's financed by the community." she noted, looking at the shards. He was trying to awkwardly sweep them off. Pippa sighed, sinking the hand shovel into one of the many large pockets of her overalls.
"Alright, wait. You'll cut yourself." she was still wearing gardening gloves, and she stepped closer, reaching to pick some shards out of his hair. "May I?"
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Okay, so Agent Manning was the human equivalent of light beer surfing on a fast food sign. Charming. Pippa suspected he had a lot more where the videos came from, and she preferred to deal with all the crap in one pile (gardening experience). But if he was not forthcoming, she would have to work with what she knew.
>>”Lissen I've already explained what happened in my report. I had wild crazy sex all night with a stripper. I didn't know she was seeing anyone. Da mutant came home und wouldn't lissen to reason. I defended myself und somewhere along da way I lost my underwear. Really not dat much else to say. Not my fault she didn’t appear on camera.”
"Alright, I see we have a misunderstanding here" Pippa observed, folding her hands on top of the desk "I'm not Legal. Legal's down the hall. I'm Public Relations. I'm not concerned with whether your actions were justified. My job deals with how things look. And let me tell you, what I have seen in those videos so far, it looks very, very bad." People would have contested that statement on a technicality... but again, she was not Legal.
Pippa considered the grin and the glasses for a long moment.
"I don't know if you realize this, so I'll spell it out: 'I was fighting a mutant vampire stripper naked in the streets' is not an excuse that SUPER wants to have on a front page."
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The door banged open and in walked Agent Manning, with enough swagger that it woud have mareited its own theme song. Pippa looked up. He was fully dressed. Solid start.
>>”Good morning, cher! How is da sweetest und most buxom beauty ever to grace da halls S.U.P.E.R. doing dis day?”
The solid start liquefied.
"Oh good, I wanted to talk to you about inappropriate work behavior anyway" she deadpanned, motioning with one gloved hand him to take a seat. Pippa had no illusions, she knew that her breasts probably had more fame in the building that herself, but most people have already learned not to point that out. Who said buxom anyway?
"Before we get to the whole naked video thing, is there any other related issue I will have to deal with?"
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>>"Just tryina put down roots."
The guy landed halfway in a planter, and turned the whole thing over. The floor was a mess of glass and soil and plants. On the plus side, the guy did not sound like he was trying to rob the place. Pippa, holding a hand shovel for added safety, walked around the table to take a better look. Because talking to him through the shrubbery like some woodland creature was getting a bit annoying.
>>"Sorry about the uh- everything. I think I'm okay, mostly."
He held out the tomato plant to her. Pippa took it. The plant was definitely not okay. But at least she didn't have someone bleeding out in the middle of the greenhouse.
"Well... what the hell were you doing on the glass roof?"
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It was a nice day. The sun was shining, and despite it being winter in the big city, the greenhouse was bursting with... greenery. It was almost like a tiny summer island in the middle of winter. And a tiny island of doing productive things after a long work week doing PR.
The greenhouse was shared by the neighborhood, although not many people knew about it, and even fewer put in the time to tend it. Still, it was a good project, and it yielded some fresh vegetables and greenery. Pippa was absent-mindedly chewing on a basil leaf as she worked, wearing overalls and gardening gloves and flat shoes for once. She kind of disappeared between long rows of tables with potted plants on them, but she didn't mind. There were some cherry tomatoes that were coming along nicely.
That is, until something came right through the roof and landed in one of the tomato crates.
"Watch the tomatoes!"
It took her a moment to notice it was not a ball. Or a brick.
Pippa yelped, peering over the table and between the greenery. It was definitely a guy. But where did he come from? Did he fall from the sky?... Was he a mutant? A mutant vigilante? She didn't want to approach straight away, but damn, the guy fell through the glass roof. That had to hurt. Unless he was a mutant vigilante.
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People could say whatever they wanted, but "indecent exposure caught on camera" was the least outside-the-comfort-zone thing for a PR person that Pippa had had to deal with in the past year. Honestly, it was kind of refreshing.
Not the guy, obviously. She had only seen Hugh in passing, but she already had a feeling she was not going to enjoy working on him. Er, with him. Somehow, he managed to break the Internet by running around buck naked, fighting some invisible force. The video was everywhere despite community standards, and the memes and gifs were, honestly, quite fascinating. Unfortunately, Pippa had to deal with the fallout of the "naked crazy guy" being one of their agents.
Pippa sat in her office, dressed smartly as usual, and waited for the agent to show up in response to her summons. She felt like a principal with a kid being sent to her office. She was not even sure yet how they could best handle the situation, given that she had no earthly idea why he was running around naked in the first place. It wasn't a nervous breakdown, or SUPER doctors would not have cleared him. But everything else was still on the table.
She just hoped he'd be fully dressed when he showed up.
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It was not easy to deal with a teenager on the best of days, and this kid was more difficult than most. Not to mention him carrying two other creatures inside him at any given time. One of which Hunter had to shoot at the last time it had made an appearance. Even Carrick had to admit, this was not a simple situation.
>>”Aye, know it sounds crazy but we don’t normally agree on everything. The big guy’s more agreeable, understands what happens to me happens to him. Much easier to control when I’m in that form. Beasty is the form yer familiar with. He’s difficult, hardly listens to me as is. He did not like taking orders or waking in a cage.”
Pippa made mental and actual notes on that. It was another thing they would have to circle back to later. Possibly in CLASS. She glanced at Sabine, wondering if she was arriving at the same conclusion. Because some things had to change, after the tracking thing had failed spectacularly.
>>”Was hoping it just stop working honestly. They didn’t have to pick me up tonight, I was on me best behavior.”
"You were on your best behavior outside Mansion grounds" Pippa specified. The rules were rules.
>>"She’s right, and as much as I’m sure you get a kick out of losing tails, but you’re only handcuffing us, kid. We don’t want this to feel like house arrest; we want to trust you so you can trust us.”
Well done. Pippa gave Sabine another, more appreciative glance. She was not usually a very warm and fuzzy person, but at least she was adjusting her tone for the brat. Kid. The kid.
>>”I trust ya… well her fer sure. Just met you, but ya seem ta be looking out fer me so I guess I’m gonna have to aren’t I... Does the muscle have a name?”
Pippa arched n eyebrow. She had not been sure whether he was pretending or not, but it seemed like he really did not recognize the face from the news.
"Sabine Sang. She is the big boss of SUPER."
Okay, so that might have sounded more ominous than needed...
>>”We want you to feel free and safe. The more you’re willing to work with us instead of against us, we can work with you. There are ways for you to control what you can do better. We’d be glad to help you find them.”
>>”Didn’t really think I was acting against ya figured it was less of a headache fer everyone but ya pointed out I was wrong so… lesson learned... What did ya have in mind?”
Pippa looked at Sabine, wondering if they were thinking along the same line. Because if not, this would get very awkward. She sat back, giving Sabine the lead.
"Well, your relationship with SUPER will have to change..."
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>>”We’ll get more info on that and send investigators.”
Of course they would. If news about a psychic went around, MRC, SUPER, hell, Haven all would be in a scramble to do something about it. And SUPER was nothing if not efficient in these cases. For now, they would have to deal with the problem in front of them. Giving them the charming innocent eyes.
>>”Pippa is right. Asking forgiveness could end with you in a cell—an actual one. It also means we couldn’t send backup when things go south unexpectedly. Which they did.”
Sabine backed her up. It was strange, thinking of her out of all people as someone Pippa could rely on without saying things out loud. Their adventure on the ship had put things into a different perspective. For now, Sabine gave her the lead in the conversation, not insisting on carting the kid off somewhere right away. So far, so good.
>>”Luckily, only thing I learned as a kid was how to take a beating. Honestly the shifting was the worst of it. Tearing yer skin off that many times… Still can’t hear anything else the other two are thinking. Never done it that much before. None of us liked it.”
Most mutant kids did not have good childhoods, especially the ones with visible gifts. Pippa frowned a little at the easy comment Carrick made about his upbringing. She filed that away for later. It sounded like he'd pushed his powers to their limits, shifting between his different forms. "None of you, meaning the griffin and the... other one?" Where those three personalities, or just the one, in different moods?
>>”The mansion’s healer fixed me right up except fer me wings… those looked rough. Was more worried about them, I’m not the most reasonable I change faces.”
Pippa looked at the wing, it looked alright to her, with a few of the feathers ruffled. It could have been worse. Feathers were delicate things.
"I am glad you are healed" she nodded. She meant it. Carrick, with all his stubbornness, was still pretty much a kid. "Well then. You understand that putting that tracker on you was never meant to be a permanent solution. But Carrick, we need to talk about all this, because frankly, our agents can't keep picking you up every time you go on an adventure."
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Pippa scrambled back to her feet and braced herself against the wall of the corridor, leaning with her shoulder as she peeled one glove off. She did not want to touch the old pile of junk again, but they sorely needed some information before they ran into something they were not prepared for.
>>”Only if you are up for it. You’ve got this; any insight and we’ll figure out the quickest way to safety, Pippa. I promise.”
Pippa blinked, glancing at the hand on her shoulder, then back at Sabine.
"Who are you, and what have you done with Sang?" she quipped, but there was a little relief in her expression. She took a deep breath, steadied herself as much as she could, and placed a hand on the wall.
The unfiltered history of the ship flooded her mind again. The wall was a large piece of hardware, and it had seen a lot; there was an endless static of people in uniforms, and things being carried and loaded and moved. Pippa tried to hold on to an elusive timeline, pushing the uniformity into the background, fishing for things recent, things out of the ordinary.
A different outfit. Also a uniform of some sort, but white and green... not military. People checking notes. Equipment being moved out, like with the door. Other things being moved in. Wires...
Pippa's eyes flew open and she took a deep, ragged breath.
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At least the guy had the decency to look appropriately sheepish about the whole thing. Sabine took the cuffs off, and the drooping wings and tail signaled that he would behave himself, for now. Pippa nodded to a nearby empty room. There was no reason to get the whole story out in the hallway.
>>”Oh ya want an answer?... Circus was in town, the one I ran with back when I first came stateside. Took me in fer a year before I decided to do the whole school thing. So I thought because I was so well behaved, not shifting and staying at the mansion, I’d treat me ‘self with a night out… that might have turned into a day or two…”
"You decided you were well behaved, huh" Pippa noted, adjusting her classes. Such a teenager, even if the second time around...
>>”It was originally only supposed to be fer one night then I’d put the thing back on. No one would know then this would be an even better conversation. Then they invited me and me mate for an after performance thing. Might have been some drinking and next thing I knew I’m in a cage again, wondering why I’m naked and why was there blood?”
Pippa glanced over at Sabine. If Carrick was telling the truth, someone else at that circus had a much worse criminal record than Carrick. Kidnapping and all. They definitely had to deal with the kid on the long run, as a prospective SUPER intern, but if someone else was going around dosing mutants, then that was a whole other can of worms. And not a PR problem.
"Did you find out what happened?"
>>”Animal mutants from the circus and I got mind controlled end up fighting each other from some sick kicks and then the whole thing caught fire, I snapped out of it. Me and me mate saved the day.”
"Mind control." Pipa glanced at Sabine again. In the olden days, a gang of agents would already be on their way to shut the psychic mutant down. Mind control was the be all, end all of the human public's worst fears of the gifted. If this story broke, there would be panic.
>>”With everything that happened I figured Better to ask fer forgiveness than permission? Some good came of it though right? So split the diff?”
"There are so many problems with that philosophy" Pippa sighed "And we're gonna have to talk about all of them." she looked at Sabine. She could take over the immediate questioning for now. In a moment. "First things first. Are you alright?" They had picked him up from a date, so he must have been. Or he was really good at denial.
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>>”No rich family, got it. Say, by any chance, has anyone ever briefed you on your counterpart? From my universe?”
Moments like this were kind of a mindf*ck. Pippa, after all, was the 'other Pippa' from Sabine's universe. She was referring to her own, formerly much more troublesome self. Which meant that she was at least entertaining the possibility that this... whatever this was, might have been aimed at her, and not Sabine. Or maybe kind of a two-birds-one-stone situation.
Something clanked in the distance. Pippa froze, hoping Sabine had some secret agent listening skills that would gather more information.
Then came a boom, and the whole ship shook. Pippa yelped and lost her balance, ending up on her hands and knees. Ouch. Very, vey bad day.
>>”We’re hit? Wait.”
"Why would someone shoot at the ship?..." she tried to scramble to her feet. The ship was definitely moving now, up down and sideways. "... sh*t." Pippa swore, pulling off one of her gloves again "I'm gonna have to try this one more time..."
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Pippa moved along, trying to be quiet. Being barefoot helped, but her dress still rustled a bit, and she was worried she'd step in some rusty metal at some point. Not as worried as about the whole situation in general, though.
>>”Realistically? Either a ransom or someone plans to make an example of us. Maybe mutant extremists mad at SUPER’s past. Maybe human extremists mad at SUPER’s new direction. Maybe you’re keeping some big secret that makes you a valuable target? You’re not a secret heiress, right?”
So many options.
Pippa winced at the 'big secret' part. No one really knew that. No one would come for her for that, right?
"If I was a secret heiress, I'd live in a better apartment."
There was a clanking sound in the distance. Pippa paused. Was that just the ship moving? Or was that someone on board?
"What if there are guards?" she whispered. It occurred to her that still neither of them were armed.
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"We should have got him in through the back door" Pippa muttered, glancing at Sabine, as they watched the winged guy clamber out of the SUPER vehicle. He had been picked up by agents because he was meandering around Central Park with blatant disregard of his tracker. Bad form, especially given that he had killed a man in the same park last time. He'd also gone awol for two days earlier, without the tracker. This guy just did not understand how easy he had it so far.
So now, it was time for the big guns. Namely, Sabine.
>>”Heya love. Been good? Did I get ya in trouble? Was on my way here?”
"No, you weren't" Pippa deadpanned. She'd seen the tracking info. Technically, none of this was her department, but she'd handled Carrick before, and he was definitely a PR nightmare waiting to happen.
>>”I’m Carrick. Nice meeting ya. Muscle? Should I have kept the cuffs on?”
"Yes. Muscle." Pippa smirked, glancing at Sabine. Surprise Carrick did not know who she was. She could decide when she wanted to enlighten him. "You don't need the cuffs as long as you behave yourself. You do realize what that is for, though, right?" she asked, pointing at his ankle "The use of it has been explained to you?"
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>>”The hair pin thing can work on some locks. I’m mostly banking on experience, which is mostly the one time my roommate locked us out of our dorm room.”
"Well, that's a disappointment. I thought SUPER had classes for this." being snarky helped Pippa keep from panicking. She liked believing that Sabine was kind of a badass secret agent operative that was trained for these kind of situations and could do it all with one hand tied behind her back. And hopefully carrying a bunch of secret weapons.
>>”I’m pretty sure in a dress like this, I would have had difficulty hiding a weapon they wouldn’t find. What, do you think I’d have a knife hidden in my heel?... That actually wouldn’t be a bad idea.”
Or not.
There was a lot of rustling, and then there was a click. Pippa drew a breath. Maybe the hairpins did work. She slipped her glove back on as Sabine stood.
>>”We can accessorize for future parties later. Are you feeling up for our escape?”
"Yes please." Pippa nodded, allowing Sabine to go first. There was a little more light in the hallway, but no sound other than the occasional clanking or groaning of metal. It was easier to feel the shifting of the floor as the ship swayed on the water. "What... do you think we're doing here?"
