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 Welldrinker Cult
A shadowy group is gaining power, drawing in people who are curious, vulnerable, or malicious, and turning them into Mystics. They are recruiting people into their ranks to spread the influence of magic in the world, but for what end goal?
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.
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”Penny for your thoughts?”
”Hmmm?” Lee asked at first. She'd been wrapped up in her thoughts enough that it took a couple moments for her mind to realize what Tarin had actually said.
”I was thinking that it might be good to invite Rachel along the next time I spar with Tony,” Lee replied. ”But I'm definitely going to need more energy than I had the last time. Especially if I'm going to really show her. But you're not an option for that much energy.”
Lee said there quietly for a few moments before she shrugged. ”Just a thought. Honestly, I don't know if that'll help any more than anything else…”
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 30, 2024 15:34:18 GMT -6
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Lee actually laughed when Tarin asked if Rachel even knew how to spar and that it would get the point across. ”I’m pretty sure Kevin could have kicked Rachel's butt by the time he was ten,” Lee said, then shook her head.
”No, if she saw me spar. I mean, she's never once even come to the gym with me and Kevin. “
Lee leaned back into Tarin again, her head coming to rest comfortably against his shoulder as she thought. It would have to be planned properly, that was for sure.
Michael definitely wasn't the right opponent for this one, not with how her powers compensated for Lee's speed by moving even faster. And with what Lee was trying to show, to prove, Lee wasn't sure Rachel would appreciate how she'd used Michael's speed against her the last time.
Plus, Lee was not eager to have that level of bruising and soreness for it not being guaranteed that Rachel would understand.
Tony being unable to feel would pose other challenges, but he did seem to be the better option. Lee would just have to make sure that she had far more energy this time. Without taking it from Tarin.
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 30, 2024 14:14:34 GMT -6
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Lee had thought that telling Rachel would be hard. It had been hard going through all of this with Tarin. It had been so much harder this time with Rachel, and Lee wasn't sure whether it was because she'd had to go into more detail, or because Rachel hadn't believed her.
But then Tarin apologized and Lee pulled back slightly to look up at him. ”What are you sorry for?” she asked softly. ”You have no reason to be sorry that she seems incapable of believing me. At Least about anything that she hadn't directly seen.”
And that seemed to be the issue. All Rachel seemed capable of picturing Lee as was her older sister living the so called ‘glamorous’ life in New York. And the furthest away from that she appeared to be able to imagine was Lee stuck in the camp here with that collar around her neck.
There really was no way to show Rachel anything beyond what Lee had already done with the file, though. And very few people that she was still in contact with who could corroborate anything.
Honestly, Lee wasn’t even sure if Rachel actually believed about how strong or fast she was able to be yet.
Lee’s head tilted slightly then as she looked up at Tarin. ”Maybe she should see me spar at some point,” Lee said thoughtfully. ”Do you think that might help?”
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 30, 2024 12:22:39 GMT -6
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Since Lee had realized that she could actually turn off her siphoning to avoid being awake all night, she had had far fewer long, boring nights awake than she had ever thought possible while in a relationship.
But it wasn’t foolproof. She had to actually remember to turn her siphoning off for that to work, and Lee didn’t always remember.
The night before was one such example where she hadn’t turned her siphoning off soon enough. When Tarin had gone to sleep, Lee hadn’t thought that she quite needed to go for a run, but dawn came and she was still quite awake.
And very much craving something sweet.
So Lee had gone out for a walk to a particular little coffee shop that always had delicious pastries. It was definitely further than she normally went for coffee but in this case, for the strawberry danish she was planning on getting, it was worth it.
Except that when she got there, the place was closed.
Lee grumbled in frustration. She didn't particularly like any of the other coffee places within a couple blocks.
Then she saw a WcDonald’s up ahead. It definitely wasn't good, but she could get coffee and Lee thought that there was something sweet that she could get there.
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 30, 2024 12:04:56 GMT -6
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Lee stayed in the kitchen with her back to the door as Tarin went to talk with Rachel. And while she could hear their voices, Lee couldn't make out what was being said.
And then, much sooner than Lee would have expected, she felt the two of them getting closer. Making sure that she was facing away from the entrance to the kitchen, Lee waited while they talked, and then Rachel was gone.
Taking a deep breath, Lee slowly turned to face Tarin as he approached. ”Thank you,” Lee said as she stepped close to Tarin, hugging him again.
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 30, 2024 10:20:08 GMT -6
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Rachel quietly made her way to the door with Tarin following her. She wished that she could say goodbye to Lee, apologize. But if Tarin was the one telling her it was time to leave rather than Lee, it had to mean that Lee didn’t want to be there to see Rachel out.
Out into the hall Rachel stepped, and she was about to make her way down the hall when Tarin spoke again. Tarin had been the one who thought that Rachel should know these things about Lee, so that she could truly know her sister.
And Rachel had questioned and not believed what Lee had said. ”She’s been through more than I could have ever imagined,” Rachel replied, her own tone matching Tarin’s in volume. Then she glanced over his shoulder toward the kitchen before looking at him again. ”Can you tell her I’m sorry, too?” she asked, before turning to leave.
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 30, 2024 9:35:57 GMT -6
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Lee held on to Tarin for as long as he was there with her, her head against his shoulder. But then he was letting go of her and saying that he would be right back.
Letting her arms fall away from Tarin, Lee nodded as she lifted a hand to wipe away the few tears that had escaped her eyes. She was glad that he had made it home before Rachel had really asked any questions.
Because by this point, Lee wasn’t sure how she would have done any of this without him there to cling to.
---
Lee had left the room, followed by Tarin, but his words before he left ran through Rachel’s mind. Lee hadn’t told her about any of this at the time, would have never told Rachel according to Tarin. That this folder and the information it contained had been the only way that Lee had thought that Rachel would believe her about all of this.
Rachel’s petite, controlled though outspoken, often overly anxious older sister.
Though if Lee had really gone through all of this, it was really no wonder why Lee tried to control everything in her life, why she was anxious about what might happen, especially as things related to Kevin.
Turning back to the folder, Rachel saw cause after cause of what at the time Rachel had thought were unwarranted anxieties. And Lee had gone through it all on her own.
No, Lee hadn’t been on her own, there were clearly people she had known and trusted as she did these things. But Lee hadn’t felt like she was able to tell her own sister.
And Rachel had just proven that Lee was right in that belief.
”Hey… I think Lee is done talking for the night and that it might be best if you headed out.”
Rachel jumped slightly when she heard Tarin’s words; she’d been so engrossed in the papers and her thoughts that she hadn’t heard him come back into the room.
Closing the file, Rachel nodded as she stood. ”Alright,” she said softly. ”Can you ask her to call me when she’s ready?”
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 30, 2024 8:19:18 GMT -6
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It was kind of strange, Lee couldn't help but think as she stood there in Tarin's arms. She'd come to the kitchen to avoid a hug, yet that was the first thing she did, that she wanted, when she realized that Tarin had followed her.
Though maybe that had more to do with this hug being Tarin than anything else.
But the fact was, Lee was glad that she had shared all of this information with Tarin, that he now knew these things about her, and she most likely would never have been able to tell him half of it, especially so soon, without the folder.
”You, no,” Lee whispered, her arms tightening around him for a moment. ”But that might be best. Thanks.”
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 30, 2024 0:40:56 GMT -6
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Rachel knew that a hug was never going to be enough for what Lee had just explained, but at that moment, she also didn’t know what the right words were. A hug would be good to start, though, she thought.
Yet as soon as Rachel had started moving toward her sister, even though she was sure that Lee’s eyes were still closed, Lee was up and out of reach, moving toward the kitchen for a drink, apparently.
Rachel was still looking in the direction that Lee had gone when she heard Tarin’s voice. Yes, this was all hard to believe. That’s why she had questioned it. It was a hell of a lot to take in at once. How was anyone supposed to believe all of this, she wondered.
Except that, Rachel realized as she now watched Tarin walk away, he had only known Lee a couple of months and had not only learned about all of this, but believed it.
But this was the only way that Lee had thought she’d believe it? Rachel glanced back down at the file open on her lap.
That was when Rachel realized what all this was: evidence. Lee had thought she needed evidence in order for Rachel to believe what she had done in her life, and Rachel still hadn’t believed her sister.
---
Lee had come to the kitchen with a plausible excuse for being out of the room for a minute or two, so she could be alone to try and pull herself back together.
So Lee was quite frustrated when she felt someone approaching really not long after she had left the room. Surely after all of that, Rachel hadn’t decided to follow her.
She didn’t even realize that she had tensed up until she felt the relief at realizing that it was just Tarin. Before he had even finished speaking, Lee had stepped close to him, wrapping her arms around him as she buried her head in his shoulder. ”This was a horrible idea…”
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 29, 2024 23:14:50 GMT -6
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Lee just sat there silently once she had finished speaking, her eyes still closed, hand still tightly holding on to Tarin’s by her shoulder where she had grabbed it.
And continued as she heard Tarin speaking, explaining that if her spirit had been seen like that, outside of her body, that she had most certainly been dead. Completely, fully dead, and beyond what any healer could hope to fix.
If Lee’s eyes had been open, she would have seen that Rachel’s mouth was hanging open slightly in shock as she looked at her older sister, eyes wide. But otherwise, Rachel wasn’t moving or speaking either.
Then Tarin went on, telling Rachel that she should have just believed Lee to start with.
Lee tried to swallow and found that a lump had formed in her throat.
”My god Lee…” Rachel finally whispered. ”I’m so sorry. I…” Rachel turned, leaning in to give her sister a hug.
Before she had even opened her eyes, Lee released Tarin’s hand and shot up to her feet. ”I need a drink,” she said as she turned and made her way to the kitchen.
The moment that Lee was around the corner and in the kitchen, she leaned heavily against the wall, biting her lip as she could feel tears filling her eyes. She had managed to explain what happened, she had chosen to explain it so Rachel would know. But it had been so much more difficult than she had thought it would be, even as she was speaking.
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 29, 2024 19:52:46 GMT -6
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”Extraordinary things…” Rachel said slowly, a frown on her face. ”I’m not trying to downplay what you went through, Lee,” she continued, her voice soft, thoughtful. Nothing like what it normally sounded like. ”Are you sure that you didn’t just pass out and were healed? I’ve heard there are mutants with healing abilities that seem like miracles. Even human doctors can bring some people back when they seem like they’re already dead.”
Lee’s eyes closed as one of her hands reached up to her shoulder, taking a tight hold of Tarin’s hand. ”Rachel,” she breathed, her voice barely a whisper. Then her free hand reached up and touched her chest, just off center. ”I was shot. Here. At first I thought I was punched, but there was no one there. Then I was falling, I couldn't breathe and couldn’t make myself move…
“I hadn’t gotten to him, but suddenly I was looking up at Tarin, but it was blurry, and there was just…white at the edges of my vision, creeping in. And cold, so much colder than it had been a few minutes earlier.”
Lee paused, taking a deep breath as her hand that was still touching her chest clutched her shirt slightly. ”I don’t remember this part as well, but the next thing I know I’m standing and I can see him holding me. Then, as I’m turning away, he looks up and there is just sheer horror on his face.
“I think there’s more that happened, but the next thing I remember is that everything just hurt and my lungs burned until I managed to gasp. The wound was gone; not simply healed, but gone as if it had never existed. But my entire body hurt, like just being back in my body was a painful thing, and for a while all I could do was just lay there trying to breathe.”
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 29, 2024 16:10:23 GMT -6
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Michael’s powers seemed to be fight or flight related. Though, that did really make quite a bit of sense. Kevin’s powers had emerged and ‘saved’ him when he was about to get hit by a ball.
Even her own, the siphoning which worked all the time unless she consciously turned it off now that she was able to, or the speed and strength, must react to fight or flight as well; she’d always found that he tended to siphon more, and move faster, when she was angry or scared.
But if Lee hadn’t been sure before that Tarin was asking Michael questions about control of her powers while thinking of merging, she was now. There really wasn’t much else Tarin could be referring to with talking about not knowing whether it was him doing something or not.
But again, that was for later unless Tarin brought it up more directly with Michael there.
”I was rather surprised with a few of the blocks you made,” Lee admitted. ”I just figured it was your speed combined with the training you’ve obviously had.”
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 29, 2024 16:04:49 GMT -6
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”She does that a lot.”
That slight blush came back as she heard Tarin speak. ”I wouldn’t say a lot,” Lee said looking at Tarin.
Then Lee looked back at Rachel. ”But after what happened here, I couldn’t just sit at home when there was something I could try to do to help and try to stop it from happening again?”
”Lee, you could barely talk about what happened to you when you were put in the camp here. Why would you go running toward that again?”
Rachel then turned to the folder her in her lap, flipping through the pages. ”And what does this mean?! ‘I was shot just as we found Tarin and died in his arms’? You obviously didn’t die, you’re here now.”
Lee just looked at Rachel for a moment. ”Why would I lie, Rachel?” she asked. ”And it means exactly what it says. I know that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but that’s my life, apparently.”
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 29, 2024 13:06:55 GMT -6
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Lee smiled when she felt Tarin’s hand on her shoulder and heard his answer to Rachel. Though, even after everything, talking about this whole folder, and other things she had done and been through. Even Tarin making her say that she was proud of herself…
Lee still blushed slightly when Tarin asked Rachel if she was incredible.
For her part, Rachel just stared at Tarin for a moment after he spoke. ”But,” Rachel started saying as she turned to look at Lee. ”How did you do this? When did you do all of this?”
”How?” Lee asked calmly. ”Most times out of necessity when things went so far beyond what we’d expect could possibly happen. When? Well, it’s not like I wrote all of this down in a calendar or anything, but I expect that most of the articles are dated only a day or two after things happened, so that would be when. It might be easier to answer how and why for specific things, though, Rach.”
”Columbia? Romania?” Rachel asked, clearly still in shock. ”You didn’t even tell me you were leaving the country and you went to do this? Twice?”
”For Columbia, I barely had time to wrap my own head around it before we went,” Lee told her sister. ”I barely had a week to get us ready to go, and that included getting the shots we needed and working with someone at Slate’s company to help get us the visas quickly. Plus, I thought we were just going to deal with some spirits and help build a school.
“Though, to be fair Rach, I did tell you we were planning to go to Europe.”
Rachel’s eyes widened in surprise. ”I thought you meant London, or Paris, or something like that for your anniversary, Lee. That’s what most people would think.”
Posted by Lee Smith on Jun 29, 2024 10:00:49 GMT -6
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Lee watched Rachel as she slowly turned through the pages in file.
It really was very strange, Lee thought. Rachel was never this quiet. Ever. To be honest, Lee really wasn’t sure what to make of that fact. Was her sister quiet because she was actually processing everything she was reading?
Or had it broken her brain trying to make the information in the folder fit with what she thought she knew about Lee?
After sitting silently on the couch for what felt like forever, but was actually earlier than would be normal, Lee heard the door opening and the familiar sounds of Tarin making his way into the apartment after work. Very soon, Tarin was sitting on the arm of the couch beside her, and Lee looked up the much further distance than normal to give him a small smile as she gave his knee beside her a quick squeeze.
”Third time through the file,” Lee told him softly. ”I think things might be clicking in.”
Rachel’s head snapped up to look at Lee. Then Tarin before moving back to Lee. ”Wait, he knows about all of this?” Rachel asked in a loud whisper. Lee wasn’t sure if Tarin was supposed to hear it, but the whisper was definitely loud enough for him to hear.