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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>>"Don't push yourself if this is gonna hurt you. I don't want to be a terrible boss, after all."
"Yeah, I'm totally gonna file for overtime on this" Pippa muttered. Being sarcastic helped in stressful situations. Somewhat. As much as she would have loved to blame Sabine for being stuck on an old navy ship, they had about a 50-50 chance that this was all her fault somehow. Glass houses. A glass house right now would have been preferable.
>>"Well, looking on the bright side, I doubt they could get a decommissioned government ship too far out into the water."
Pippa couldn't tell if she was right about that. Memories were still swirling around in her head, making her dizzy as she got her glove back on. That was enough scrying for now. Sabine took over, feeling around the door again.
>>"Doesn't look like any effort was made to update security from the olden days. I feel a keyhole. It's not exactly my expertise, but I could possibly pick the lock if I had something to fiddle with the lock."
"Well." Pippa reached up, frowning as she felt around in her hair. Her hair had been pinned up in a tight bun for the event, with a few strategically placed locks loose, and her hairdresser had lost at least a handful of pins in there. Even though she felt like a mess now, some of them were still bound to be in there. Unless their kidnappers had been female.
"Does a hair pin work, or is that just a movie thing?" she ventured, finally pulling two of them out. Part of her hair fell onto her shoulder as she handed them over to Sabine. Great, now she was in a dress, barefoot, with her hair all over the place. Prime escape outfit. "You... don't have any weapons still cleverly hidden on your person, do you?"
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It took Sabine a moment to catch up. Pippa would have enjoyed it in a different situation.
>> "Wha? Oh! Is this related to..."
"My mutation, yes." it would have been hard to pretend otherwise, given what she was about to do. She was not even sure how or whether it would work; would she just read the door, or the whole damn ship? Either way, it was going to suck. A lot of people used doors.
>>"Go right ahead. Get us out of here and I'll pick up your asprin myself."
"Please. If I get us out of here I expect the good stuff." Pippa took a deep breath, pulling off one of her gloves. After a moment of hesitation, she placed her palm on the door.
Damn, there was a lot there. The door was old, which probably meant the ship was old. Pippa's mind was instantly flooded with a jumble of images layered over on top of each other; openings and closings, openings and closings, comings and goings, openings and closings... "SH*T." She pulled her hand away, shaking it; she was already feeling dizzy. "Well, this is not a VIP ride. This ship has been used for... a long time. I'm going to need to..." take time, and focus. Come on, Pippa. Don't be useless now out of all times... She took another deep breath, and put her palm back.
Images flooded in again, it was hard to tell them apart. She saw uniforms. She saw people moving supplies. She tried to sift through, sense a timeline. Closer to the present. Closer... closer... Then the stream of images cut out.
Pippa swore, trying to steady herself without using her bare hand.
"Oookay... so." she said after a few deep breaths "I'm not sure how useful this is... the ship, I think it's... emptied, or decommissioned or something. I saw people taking out anything movable, before we got here. I saw uniforms... navy, maybe? Something official. This is an old ship, and many people use a door, so there's a lot of static in there... But it seems like this place was abandoned before we got here. Sadly, I can't get... I can't see things from times when I was present. So, no face for the bad guys. But I don't see anything since from the other side..."
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Okay so maybe in her own activist days Pippa had been known to learn useful tricks in case she needed them in SUPER custody. Not this, specifically, but the irony was still there, learning it from a SUPER agent herself.
>>"Hey, at least you've got your hands now, Miss Quick Study."
"Yeah. Bad guys, beware" Pippa sighed, rubbing her sore wrists. Suddenly, having her hands free did not seem like that much of an advantage.
>>"So we need to figure out if there's a way out of here before anything."
Well, Sabine was certainly practiced in handling these situations. Good. Pippa frowned, lifting one foot than the other. She didn't like being useless. But she was also not sure whether her gloves had been tord, and feeling her way around the room could turn out to be a more unpleasant experience...
>>"Well, aces. We've got a door. A locked one, but again: little victories. I doubt we're on this ship alone. It'd be helpful if we knew what we were dealing with. If there's a guard, how many, who we're dealing with here. I don't feel like calling attention to us until I know that won't summon a dozen guards... Dammit, I wish there was an easier way to find clues in this dark."
Dammit.
"Well... there is." Pippa sighed, bracing herself for the rest of it "But I can't guarantee it will tell us anything useful... and it's gonna be a pain in the ass. For me." She moved over to where Sabine was standing, carefully reaching out to the door. "I'm so going to get a headache from this..."
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The sight of endless water made Pippa feel a little queasy. Not that she was prone to seasickness, but the thought of being cut off from dry land was not a pleasant one. Maybe they were looking on the wrong side of the ship?...
>>"Okay. Okay. We're gonna figure this out. Let's get you back down."
Sabine lowered her to the ground as carefully as she could; the skirts of the dress crumpled around her and Pippa felt annoyed by how inappropriately she was attired for being kidnapped. Comfy clothes would have made a lot of difference. Also, the metal floor was cold under her feet.
>>"Alright. First thing's first; I'm not running around this ship with my hands tied. Thankfully, I think we're dealing with zip ties here. So with the right kind of pressure, I should be able to..."
Sabine did something in the dark, and there was a snapping sound. Oh good, she could get out of zip ties. That was a plus. Pippa's wrists were beginning to chafe, and she felt helpless with her hands bound.
>>"I'm guessing they didn't prep you on how to escape bindings in Public Relations training?"
"Must have skipped that workshop" Pippa muttered, as Sabine moved closer. Because of the lack of light, she had to demonstrate by touch. Pippa had not been planning on being on this close terms with her current boss, but the zip ties were the more uncomfortable of the two.
>>"Sorry. It's gotta be tight to work. Lift your hands over your head then bring them down into your knee or stomach. Flare out your elbows, and pull your shoulders back like you're trying to touch shoulderblades. If you do this fast enough and apply enough stress, it should snap... One little victory, then we can figure this out together from there, okay?"
The dress, once again, did not make this easy. It had low shoulders that made raising her arms somewhat difficult, but a wardrobe malfunction was the least of Pippa's problems at the moment. She tried to follow instructions to the best of her knowledge. The first attempt was unsuccessful, and she yelped in pain as the zip tie jolted her wrists. "Dammit!" she tried again, partly out of rage, with more strength the second time. This time, it worked. Pippa shook her wrists, feeling the burning sensation of scrapes on them. "Well, that sucked..."
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>>”Us not being dead is a good start, admittedly,”
It really was. Pippa was not liking any of this one bit; her hands were still bound, and it was dark, and they might be on water. She had no illusions about the million ways this could get even worse any moment. For now, she'd have to focus on being alive and mostly unhurt. And having a small ray ot light. Literally.
>>”Yeah, I think it’s up there. And… you probably can’t see where I’m pointing.”
Sabine grabbed her hand and lifted it, and Pippa looked the way there were pointing. Her wrists still tied together, it was awkward, but she did see the source of light now. Sabine walked over to the wall below it. She could see her silhouette more clearly now.
>>”I’m no sailor, but I think it’s a porthole or something. It’s not too far up; I might be able to boost you up to take a look.”
Pippa gave a look at Sabine that she probably missed. Boosting her would not do... a lot of difference, especially without the heels. But oh well, this was not a time to joke about how tiny she was. She carefully placed a foot in Sabine's hands, and braced herself on the wall as she was boosted up, leaning forward. Sabine probably got a faceful of her satin dress skirts in the process. Pippa craned her neck, trying to look through the port hole.
"Um, I need a bit more height..." she muttered. Eventually she managed to get high enough to peer though the dusty glass. Everything smelled like rust. "Uh. I... yeah, we are definitely on water. I don't really see anything else?... Um. I don't think we are moving, though."
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>>”Oh if that’s the case mind throwing in a guitar?”
"Don't push it" Pippa warned him with a smirk, adjusting her glasses. The guy had charm, she had to give him that, a bit too much for a kid his age, but oh well. No wonder that girl had been so bent out of shape about his safety at the hospital.
>>”Wouldn’t dream of it love... Not sure, anyone would be willing a rescue anyways, so ya got nothing to worry ‘bout.”
It was a joke, but it had the ring of truth to it. Pippa felt a pang of guilt, having him locked in a cell. What did someone have to go through to not even entertain the possibility of rescue as a joke?
"If I were you, I'd call Xavier's. I'll get you their number. They are usually pretty loyal to their students."
At least they were getting somewhere now, with the communication and the needs. Even if some were not strictly essential.
>>”Other than the guitar? Pizza… and a pint?”
"I can get you food. Probably not alcohol, though. We want you in control of your... abilities, hm?" she quirked an eyebrow at him "I'll let you know what we can make of the glass shard. Just hang on a little longer."
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>>”Aye, did it to meself though.”
He was de-aged, and he had done so voluntarily. That made Pippa wonder what his older self had done... how old his older self had been when he decided he wanted a do-over on his life. She wondered if she'd ever do that. In a way, she already had. She made a note to look at his background. De-aging could be a little too convenient sometimes.
>>”What’s yer rates?”
"Sorry, SUPER is kind of a full time job." There was a hint of sarcasm in her voice. God knew SUPER had a lot of PR problems to handle, on account of being a mildly reformed clandestine mutant-catching operation and all.
>>”Fancy… not the word I’d use. Maybe tiny? Any chance you got a fancier one? Maybe where I can open my wings? Trying real hard to be good, but I got a feeling I’m gonna lose me mind before you can get me out of here.”
"I will see what I can do." Pippa allowed finally "We really don't want to torture you. SUPER might not be the most emphatic of organizations, but lucky for you, it's also bad for PR. I'll tell them that." she added with a small smile.
>>”How would bail be? Do I get a phone call?”
"Again, we are not officially the police. You can make more than one for all I care" Pippa noted "I'll get you a phone. Just don't try and plan a rescue on it. SUPER would be a bit miffed about that." she added with a chuckle. "Is there anything else you need?... The options are not unlimited, but everyone has some things unique to them. Or their powers." she imagined being held without her gloves on. Ugh.
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>> ”I’m not human either.”
"Technically. But we'll need to work on your phrasing." Pippa pointed out, adjusting her glasses. It was getting tiring to be standing on her tiptoes, so she stepped back, keeping Carrick's face in view.
>>”I’m a singer, play guitar and tell jokes when I’m not trying to stay awake as I finish school. Second go for being eighteen."
Pippa blinked, tilting her head. "You're de-aged?"
That was definitely relevant information. She was not sure for what, but it could go either way. De-aged mutants often did not have a firm grasp on their powers.
>>"Mother passed and father’s branded as a terrorist. Half-Brother well on his way to being just like dear ol’Dad. I hate them both mind ya. Hard to like anyone who’s never there. Might also have a few minor run-in’s with the police…. Nothing violent…. That was permanent. Might have been a minor….”
Pippa took more notes. Father, brother. Half-brother. Possible terrorists. She'd need to check that. That was never a good look, even if family relationships were far from amicable.
>>”How good are ya at yer job?”
"Very" Pippa looked up "But I'm SUPER's PR person, not yours. Good news is, for now, our goal is the same: prove that you were dangerous enough to detain, but not too dangerous to release on bail. Right now, we are just a fancy jail cell for you."
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>>”Not sure that’s much better. I’d need a public to care about. Can’t play with a broken arm. Be like tying a birds--- my wing and asking me to fly.”
The large wings moved, and they filled in the small space of the holding cell. Pippa felt a pang of guilt. It was like seeing any bird caged, except this one could talk. And express how much he was not okay with being locked in. There used to be a time when Pippa would have stolen the keys for him. Right now, she was trying to do the next best thing.
>>”Beasty boy comes out more when there is danger or I’m hurt. I don’t remember most of what happens just that I’m angry after and sore. Now me Gryphon form on the other hand. That one I like to go into. I don’t hurt anyone and I keep to meself.”
"You have... three forms?" she ventured, taking notes, trying to untangle all this. Just how safe would it be to transfer him into another kind of space?...
>>”I’m not me father nor brother. I don’t like to hurt or scare people.”
"Alright." Pippa sighed, looking up "Look, between you and me, I want to get you out of there as fast as possible. SUPER is trying to do things above board these days. Transparency and all that. You shifted in public and killed a man. There is a lot of evidence to the fact that he was attacking you. This piece of glass might add to that. And I am doing everything I can to make you look human to the general public, and not a monster in human skin. Which, frankly, I know you are not, but my job is all about appearances. So, I need to know anything that the other side might want to throw your way. Are your father and brother included in that? Are they known criminals?"
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>>”When I go into that form I don’t really have time to sort me clothes out like I usually do. Shit gets expensive. I have some glass from me wings? That work, love?”
Pippa tilted her head. A piece of glass... depending on how it got there, it might work. She'd have to test her powers on it and see, but it was at least something, compared to him being brought in naked. "It might."
>>”Can I bum a smoke from ya? If yer not gonna let me out?”
"I don't smoke, sorry."
>>”I’m gonna stick me arm out now… Seen the movies. Hopefully ya don’t break it. Good way to get the mean me back.”
"Please. I'm not an agent. I'm in Public Relations. I can do much worse than break your arm." Pippa smirked, carefully taking the shard of glass with her gloved hand. She was not about to test it right in front of him. She had a few more questions first.
"So, you're saying... the mean, you, the form we saw on the footage... that's an involuntary mechanism? You shift when you're threatened?"
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>>”Her at least. Owes me money. Nothing official no, just glad she’s alright.”
Well then. The guy was not a US citizen, but at least he was not a diplomat from Atlantis. Diplomacy with Atlantis was always super tricky, from what Pippa understood. And the girl had certainly made a fuss about the griffin being arrested. They must have been friends, maybe from Xavier's. Pippa knew that it had to suck, being tranqued and arrested in public, but the guy had killed a man in broad daylight. Even if it had been justified.
>>”So about getting out of the cell?”
"Eventually." Pippa nodded "I have a few more questions. Now. I know they brought you in... um, naked. I know this is gonna sound strange, but... do you happen to have anything on you, anything at all, that you might have been wearing at the time of the attack and it's... not part of your body?"
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>>"Not sure I’ll like this game… but some say I’m a kitten.”
There was a deep rumbling sound from the other side of the door. It sounded like a very large feline purring. Pippa stepped back on her heels, expecting a roar, and it took her a moment to realize what was happening.
"Stop that. It's distracting."
>>”Yer short. Yes, O’Conner. The one fer mutants. Xavier’s school. Trying to finish up and get that famed American education. Didn’t take it seriously the first time through... With this accent? Sorry. No, trying to be though. Sure this doesn’t help much…”
"So. You're Irish, and you are a student at Xavier's. Got it." Pippa took some notes. She could have guessed most of that, but she was not in the guessing business.
>>”The girl I was with. She okay?”
Pippa arched an eyebrow. "You mean the Atlantean princess? Yes, she's fine. She has diplomatic immunity and no dangerous powers. As far as we know. Are you affiliated with her, or Atlantis, in any official capacity?"
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He came closer, with a suspicious look on his face. Pippa was glad they had the door between them, even though she did not approve of holding mutants in cells on principle. The roaring had been pretty darn impressive.
>>”I-m… I’m Carrick. Whose someone?"
"The agent that brought you in. Big guy, very Texas." Pippa specified. The guy had been nothing if not effective. Definitely not subtle.
>>"My school know I’m here? Can ya get me into a bigger cell? One I can actually move in? Can’t even open me wings. Couple of seconds away from a full on panic. How long have I been ‘ere?”
"Alright, I'll answer some of your questions if you answer some of mine. You getting out of this cell largely depends on whether you can play nice. And I mean that in the most helpful way possible." Pippe flipped a notebook open, still balancing on her tiptoes so she didn't disappear from his view.
"You have been here for a few hours. Now, do you have a last name, Carrick? And when you say school, what school are you referring to exactly? Are you an exchange student, or are you a US citizen?"
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For an organization that was allegedly not bagging and tagging mutants anymore, SUPER sure as hell did have a lot of holding cells in the basement. And probably skeletons in the closet, too, but none of those were roaring like a wounded lion at the moment. Pippa covered her ears with her hands, waiting for the last rumbles of the roar to subside, before she walked up to the door of the holding cell, and slid the little window open.
The young man on the other side was wearing borrowed clothes (courtesy of SUPER), and had wings and a tail, and as far as she could tell from the reports, a nasty habit of turning into a beast when angered. Right now, he just looked desperate. And very young. Pippa had to stand on her tiptoes, even in heels, to reach the window, but she did her best to sound confident.
"Hello. My name is Pippa. I thought you might want to talk to me... Carrick, right? Someone told me that's your name."
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They were both on edge, which was understandable, given the circumstances. Sabine sounded like she was doing the same contortionist act, getting to her feet. Pippa followed suit, stumbling a little even though she was not in heels anymore.
>>”Have you done something to tip your hand already? I know you aren’t a trained spy, but that’s still quite fast.”
"Oh no, was the I Heart Haven t-shirt a bit too much?" she shot back, trying to get her bearings. Sabine noted the same thing she did: the echo meant they were in a larger space, and not in immediate danger of suffocating. Yay. She also did not feel any walls or ceiling, but given her height, that was not a big surprise.
>>”Pippa… I think we’re moving. I think… we might be on the water?”
"Wh... seriously?" Pippa glanced around. Now that she was upright, it was easier to orient herself by the shapes around her. Somewhere deep down she felt a pang of dread. Were they on water or in water? "Do you see where the light is coming from?..."
