The X-men run missions and work together with the NYPD, striving to maintain a peaceful balance between humans and mutants. When it comes to a fight, they won't back down from protecting those who need their help.
Haven presents itself as a humanitarian organization for activists, leaders, and high society, yet mutants are the secret leaders working to protect and serve their kind. Behind the scenes they bring their goals into reality.
From the time when mutants became known to the world, SUPER was founded as a black-ops division of the CIA in an attempt to classify, observe, and learn more about this new and rising threat.
The Syndicate works to help bring mutantkind to the forefront of the world. They work from the shadows, a beacon of hope for mutants, but a bane to mankind. With their guiding hand, humanity will finally find extinction.
Since the existence of mutants was first revealed in the nineties, the world has become a changed place. Whether they're genetic misfits or the next stage in humanity's evolution, there's no denying their growing numbers, especially in hubs like New York City. The NYPD has a division devoted to mutant related crimes. Super-powered vigilantes help to maintain the peace. Those who style themselves as Homo Superior work to tear society apart for rebuilding in their own image.
MRO is an intermediate to advanced writing level original character, original plot X-Men RPG. We've been open and active since October of 2005. You can play as a mutant, human, or Adapted— one of the rare humans who nullify mutant powers by their very existence. Goodies, baddies, and neutrals are all welcome.
Short Term Plots:Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
The Fountain of Youth
A chemical serum has been released that's shaving a few years off of the population. In some cases, found to be temporary, and in others...?
MRO MOVES WITH CURRENT TIME: What month and year it is now in real life, it's the same for MRO, too.
Fuegogrande: "Fuegogrande" player of The Ranger, Ion, Rhia, and Null
Neopolitan: "Aly" player of Rebecca Grey, Stephanie Graves, Marisol Cervantes, Vanessa Bookman, Chrysanthemum Van Hart, Sabine Sang, Eupraxia
Ongoing Plots
Magic and Mystics
After the events of the 2020 Harvest Moon and the following Winter Solstice, magic has started manifesting in the MROvere! With the efforts of the Welldrinker Cult, people are being converted into Mystics, a species of people genetically disposed to be great conduits for magical energy.
The Pharoah Dynasty
An ancient sorceress is on a quest to bring her long-lost warrior-king to the modern era in a bid for global domination. Can the heroes of the modern world stop her before all is lost?
Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
Adapteds
What if the human race began to adapt to the mutant threat? What if the human race changed ever so subtly... without the x-gene.
Atlanteans
The lost city of Atlantis has been found! Refugees from this undersea mutant dystopia have started to filter in to New York as citizens and businessfolk. You may make one as a player character of run into one on the street.
Got a plot in mind?
MRO plots are player-created the Mods facilitate and organize the big ones, but we get the ideas from you. Do you have a plot in mind, and want to know whether it needs Mod approval? Check out our plot guidelines.
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 22, 2024 18:36:51 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
Tarin really wasn't like anyone else, and Lee honestly loved that about him. Even if it did, in some ways, show her how things in her life had been been even worse than she had thought.
Of course it would be great if she didn't have to worry about things. But that was not what life was like for her.
When Tarin finished speaking, Lee gave Tarin a small smile as she stepped closer to him. "I'm pretty sure I've said this before, but you're pretty amazing," Lee said as she looked up at him. "I know you don't think you are, but it's true."
"And I'll try to remember to ask for help," Lee continued. "But I think I've been getting better at that."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 22, 2024 15:28:07 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
Tarin was now looking almost as surprised as she was feeling. She knew that she did worry a lot. It was kind of an inevitable thing with her powers, having lived on the street, the merging…
In a lot of ways, worrying is what had kept her alive at times. But everyone else always seemed to think that she worried far too much about everything.
But Tarin seemed confused about her even asking about that. And pointed out that her being stressed about cooking was similar to him in an elevator; most people didn't find the situations very stressful, but for them it was. And was valid.
Lee couldn't help but wonder if this was because Tarin just…automatically seemed to understand things so much more quickly and completely than anyone else really ever had, or if…
"People always complained and told me that I worried far too much," Lee eventually said. "No matter how big or small a thing it was, I worried too much. I figured this was just another of those times."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 22, 2024 11:13:12 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
Not only was Tarin not telling her that she was worrying too much, especially about something 'small' or 'unimportant' as cooking, but he said that it made sense that she'd probably never not stress about it.
Again, Lee just looked at Tarin for a moment before she was able to speak.
"You don't think I'm worrying or stressing over nothing?" Lee asked, her voice slow and quiet.
No matter what it was about, Kevin's father had always thought that she worried too much. Except for the rare few occasions early on when he had thought she wasn't worrying enough about merges. Which was very not true.
Even Rachel had commented a few times over the years that she stressed way too much over something as simple as cooking.
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 21, 2024 20:51:22 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
"So do I," Lee said with a smile. They both did really deserve good things to happen. And while the last five years hadn't been bad for Lee, definitely not compared to how things had been bad for her in the past, life also hadn't been good those last five years.
And Tarin, Tarin definitely deserved more good than just the last few months after so many years simply surviving.
Lee just looked at Tarin for a moment when he said that if she was stressed cooking, she was stressed. He didn't tell her that there was really no reason for her to be stressed or worried about it. Just that if she didn't want to cook, she didn't have to, even with them already having made plans to cook in a couple days.
It was unexpected enough that it took Lee a moment or two before she was able to respond. "I doubt cooking will ever not be stressful," Lee ended up telling Tarin. "But like I said, I'll try to not let it be too bad."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 21, 2024 18:13:18 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
What was going to happen if they book kept having good ideas? "Well, I would guess that means we will have a lot of good things happening," Lee said with a shrug. "And considering we are both more than due for that, it's about damn time, isn't it?"
Was Tarin trying to reassure her that things would go well when they ended up cooking in a couple of days? It did sound like that. Had she sounded that nervous or worried?
But everything that Tarin said was true. After the first little mishap with the difference between high and medium-high, the alfredo had turned out very well.
"I'll try not to stress out about it too much this time."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 20, 2024 21:19:05 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
Tarin did have a bit of a point.People couldn't be good at everything. No matter how hard Lee tried to be.
And she did try.
Tarin also had a good plan for if Kevin ended up being a natural baker. "That does sound like a good plan," Lee agreed, though she wasn't sure how happy her son would be about it. Especially as he would be needing to come home from the mansion in order to make those desserts.
Then Tarin tried joking about their previous cooking attempt. And…
Well, it really hadn't been that bad. Possibly.
"I think we'll both be better prepared this time," Lee pointed out. "That means it should go better, right?"
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 20, 2024 20:10:07 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
Tarin was most excited about Kevin making dessert? Though, now that she thought about it, that might actually be the better thing to focus on. If she focused on Kevin's dessert, maybe she wouldn't get as stressed and nervous about cooking herself.
"That would be just my luck, Kevin doing that great making dessert on his first try," Lee said with a bit of a sigh. "I'd likely never hear the end of it, him doing a great job and the years of horrible cooking I did."
When Tarin asked about what they had decided on, Lee had to stop and think for a moment. That did sound about right, but Lee honestly couldn't remember whether they had settled on a recipe yet.
"Yeah, we did," Lee told Tarin with a nod. "I'll make a decision on a recipe today and send it to you. That way we both have lots of time to read it over."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 20, 2024 14:33:56 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
By the time that Lee had made it into the kitchen, Tarin was already wiping the counter down and holding out his hand for her plate. As he was asking about when they'd planned to go shopping.
Right, they had planned to cook again before Kevin went to the mansion. That had been before everything that had happened this morning. "Tomorrow night," Lee replied as she handed Tarin her plate. "At least if we're still planning on getting Kevin to make dessert."
As Lee stood waiting for the moment it took Tarin to wash her plate, Lee thought about what might be good to make for dinner. "Tonight, we were going to clean out the fridge. Unless I get bored and do it this afternoon."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 20, 2024 10:25:22 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
The list of benefits that had resulted from Tarin moving in was really starting to seem endless. Not all of them were huge or incredibly important benefits, but there were a lot of them.
And apparently the interdimensional hat magic was not something that Tarin could use as his 'claim to fame'. So that the other teams wouldn't be able to find out about it. So others couldn't also use the magic. "Well, I'm sure we can find you something," Lee told him. Though personally she didn't see the allure.
It was only when Tarin stood that Lee realized that he had finished eating. Glancing down at her plate, she realized that she was close but not quite finished eating herself. As was often the case, Lee had been quite distracted by Tarin.
It really didn't take long to finish the eggs and toast on her plate. And she stood, making her way to the kitchen with her plate herself.
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 20, 2024 8:35:08 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
It certainly had all worked out. So very differently than either of them could have ever guessed. And so much better.
"That is true," Lee somewhat reluctantly agreed about the vegetables. "Though at the time, I hadn't realized just how versatile they were."
Not that it would have been very easy for Lee to have put the bags of vegetables on the bruises on her back and shoulders herself.
Lee had also had no idea at the time how nice the cold on the bruises would feel.
When Tarin went on to lament about his lost claim to fame, Lee shook her head. "If you really want to have a claim to fame, we can find something much better for you," Lee told him. "Like the hat. Or…practically anything else."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 19, 2024 22:01:55 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
"Yeah…that was more than a little awkward once I realized that," Lee said.
Even though she had technically seen more of Tarin that first night at the shop, because of the circumstances it didn't even register for Lee the same way. Similarly to how the fact that he had been shirtless when she'd first entered the bedroom hadn't registered because at the moment it hadn't been important. Helping Tarin after he'd just woken up from that nightmare had been.
"Though, if you hadn't taken your backpack back to the shop and spent the whole day trying to get rid of me," Lee pointed out lightly. "You would have had pants to sleep in. "And a shirt. And clothing for the next day."
Tarin was now trying to compare her giving the Mets a shot and ending up liking baseball to this spaghetti sandwich thing. "And I'm sure that somebody has thought of it before. Just it definitely wasn't me."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 19, 2024 17:00:21 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
Lee had been lucky that Tarin hadn't known back then what he knew now about her powers. That, combined with his belief that if she said she could do or handle something, she could, would have caused her plan to fail because Tarin would have been completely fine with her walking home from the shop alone at that time of night.
If he had known then, she wouldn't have been there when he woke up from that first nightmare. And honestly, with how he had been earlier that weekend, that thought still kind of scared Lee because she didn't' know how he would have reacted or dealt with the nightmare on his own.
"Well, I suppose we're lucky you hadn't learned that lesson yet," Lee replied. Though, once Tarin had learned more about her and her powers, he had quickly become one of the few people who had ever completely had faith she knew what she was capable of.
As Tarin went on, Lee raised an eyebrow at him. "I'm not sure that a spaghetti sandwich would be considered a treat," Lee told him. "But maybe you'll be able to convince me to try it."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 19, 2024 14:14:00 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
Lee laughed slightly when Tarin pointed out that somehow, every time he thought that he had left the apartment that first weekend thinking he'd never be back, somehow she had gotten him back there.
"Like I've said, getting you back here and keeping you here took a lot of work," Lee reminded Tarin. "If offering to walk with you back to the shop and then walking home by myself had actually worked and you let me do that, I would have been out of ideas for how to keep you here that night."
Apparently, at least according to Tarin, that canned spaghetti sandwich wasn't as bad as it sounded. If you did it right.
And the way that he described making it…Lee supposed that it did make sense that it wouldn't be so bad. That really was just a different way of making garlic bread, and putting the spaghetti on it would just be eating all of it in a single bite rather than separately.
"Alright, maybe it wouldn't be completely disgusting," Lee allowed. "I'm still not sure how I feel about it, though."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 19, 2024 12:45:48 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
Tarin actually rolled his eyes when she joked that he'd thought she was that bad of company that weekend. Though, Lee was sure she certainly would have been considered bad company by normal standards. Such as packing a bag of stuff for him from his closet while he sat on the floor.
"I was too good of company?" Lee asked as she grinned across the table at Tarin. "I don't think anyone has said that about me before."
Though that might not be completely true, but given the kind of situation, Lee didn't think that she would have ever been described as anything other than stubborn and relentless.
"A canned spaghetti sandwich?" Lee questioned, her nose wrinkled at the thought. "I can happily say that I haven't had one of those before. And while the grill should still be buried…somewhere in the kitchen, I'm not going to dig it out if that's what you're going to make."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 18, 2024 22:14:20 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
4,168
8
Nov 17, 2024 0:01:57 GMT -6
Raine
Lee laughed softly when Tarin pointed out that he couldn't have her making sense and being logical with her reasons for wanting to stick around him those first days.
"That's what the problem was?" Lee asked jokingly, shaking her head. "And here I had been thinking I was just that bad of company that you couldn't wait to be rid of me."
As Tarin listed off the things he had actually learned how to make, apparently by messing up while cooking many times, Lee nodded. Those all seemed like things that might not be bad to try making, especially if Tarin already knew how.
That had to make the whole process easier, and less nerve wracking, right?
But that would be for after they'd gotten Kevin to the mansion. If they were going to try one more actual home cooked meal, they were going to do it how they had planned the previous night.
"When Kevin was about 8, all he wanted to eat was grilled cheese for about 6 months straight. That's about the only thing I've actually managed to get right, and I had to buy one of those grill things with a timer."
