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 2, 2024 12:30:25 GMT -6
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Tarin brought up what she'd told him about how Kevin's father couldn't get back into his body on his own. "He couldn't. Not until after he learned how the spirits reached out to connect with him. Then it took trying that while Slate tried to heal him again. And thankfully DocProf was there."
What was different when she had been able to feel the energy? Lee frowned slightly in thought as she tried to figure it all out.
"I think, a lot of the times that I felt it, I was upset or having a hard time? But I would think that would make me less likely to pay attention to my siphoning."
Tarin was right, though, she had been touching Tony when she'd felt the energy. That had also been the first time she had really touched a spirit.
He wanted to try that again? That was…Actually that wasn't such a bad idea. If they used Tony, well Tony was far more 'dangerous' to her when Tarin's energy wasn't being drained from him.
"Yeah, we can try that again," Lee said. "Anything in particular you wanted to do with it?"
Lee nodded as Tarin spoke. Spirit energy was different than what living people had. At least in terms of what Lee was able to sense and siphon.
"I could sometimes feel him there," Lee confirmed. "Not even regularly. It was very occasional, and I only realized that it was him after he woke up."
"But no, normally I don't feel a thing from spirits," she continued. "I could be surrounded by spirits and not feel a thing, regardless of whether they're solid or not. Other than that one time with Tony, the closest I've come to sensing a spirit is during a merge. And that's less being able to feel it's energy directly and more the fact that there's more energy than I would expect, especially after siphoning."
It really was rather strange. She had been around spirits who were solid quite a few times over the years. Never had she experienced what she did that day with Tony where she had been able to siphon Tarin's energy through the spirit.
Thinking back about what was different about that particular time, Lee remembered she was wearing out during the sparring match, not having as much energy as she would have liked for it. Especially since she was unable to siphon from her opponent even a little to help keep herself going.
"I was siphoning more than I normally do around spirits," Lee said after a few moments as she continued to think it all through. "I was getting tired, so I upped my siphoning hoping to be able to get something extra if anyone came close enough. And all of a sudden, I was able to feel some energy coming from Tony."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 1, 2024 21:52:09 GMT -6
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Tarin thought that maybe, even after everything else that they had talked about regarding both of their powers, maybe she had been holding something back from him. Which seemed weird after how open they had both been with each other.
On the other hand, if there had been something worse than it might have made sense for her to hold back. Everything that she had told Tarin since that early spring weekend had been a lot.
Lee didn't even want to think about what could be worse than what she'd already told Tarin about.
"When Kevin's father was in the coma, out of his body, whatever you want to call it. There were times when I would feel energy, as though someone was there, but there was no one."
Lee paused, thinking back. The first few days of that whole thing were a blur in her memory thanks to the combination of the emotions and being exhausted.
"It wasn't always there. The feeling would come out of nowhere and then disappear again. It turned out that it was him, in his out of body state, but I thought I was going crazy. At least when it happened at the mansion, I was able to tell myself that it was probably just someone on the other side of the wall or something."
"When it happened at home, though, where I knew I was alone, and I knew what I felt when the neighbours were home…"
Lee shook her head slightly and looked across the table at Tarin. "That's when I started working on my people radar. To try and figure out what the hell was going on."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 1, 2024 20:40:53 GMT -6
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Tarin seemed surprised by her mention of siphoning from Tony that day, but they had talked about it a bit then, hadn't they?
Regardless, that really was kind of minor compared to the idea that Lee had given for Tarin's powers. "Yeah, I mean something like that," Lee confirmed what she was saying about using his powers through a spirit to be able to connect over a longer distance. "Or something like that, anyway. I mean, I don't exactly know how it works when you connect with a spirit, but it might be possible?"
Tarin continued speaking and Lee shook her head. "Not sceptical," she told him. "Just a little confused. I had thought we'd pretty much already talked about everything."
But Tarin was smiling as he went back to working on the puzzle. Wishing that he had a thought about her powers that she hadn't figured out yet. Lee didn't get back to work yet, though. She just continued to sit there in thought. "But you already gave me the idea about working on my energy blast, and offering a pick me up when I'm worn out after," she told him.
"Though," she continued, her voice still very much thoughtful. "I guess depending on how you think about it, that day with Tony wasn't the first time…"
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 1, 2024 16:10:25 GMT -6
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Tarin was understandably surprised when she informed him that she had not yet found an upper limit to the amount of energy she could siphon. No limit in terms of anything powerwise, except for when she crashed.
As Tarin went on to ponder Kevin's powers some more, Lee nodded. That first bit they had pretty much figured out the day that Kevin got his powers.
But Tarin continued. Lee had just assumed that Kevin was absorbing the energy and directing it into the shield. He had managed to keep his shield up for quite a while at times, which had mad Lee think that he was unconsciously, gradually, using the energy to keep the shield up.
If Kevin was just channelling the energy from the battery straight into the field without him being an conduit for it, that opened up a whole list of other possibilities for what he might be able to do in the future.
"I hadn't thought that Kevin might not be absorbing the energy," Lee admitted her earlier thought. "That'll be something easier to figure out after he's been experimenting with the power pack, I'm sure."
When Tarin leaned back in his chair and just looked at her intently for a few moments, Lee looked right back at him, her head tilted slightly in curiosity. "About your powers?" Lee questioned, a small crease forming between her brows. Hadn't she already told Tarin all about the power differences between him and Kevin's father were? The merging, the astral projection, what had happened in Columbia…
But Lee had never sensed energy from a spirit outside of a merge. Except for that day with Tony. "Well, that day that I siphoned through Tony," Lee started, her voice slow an thoughtful. "You're only able to connect with spirits that are so close to you. I wonder if you would be able to channel your power through a spirit, not into the spirit to extend the distance that you can connect?"
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 1, 2024 13:15:14 GMT -6
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Tarin understood exactly why she wanted to know whether Kevin's shield drained the power from just one or all devices. And what it meant he might be able to do in the future.
And, while Tarin was probably right in that any limits Kevin's powers might have would likely change as he got older, Lee wasn't so certain that there would be an upper limit of energy he could draw in. She really hoped there would be.
Lee was just about to point out to Tarin her lack of limits when he asked her that very question. "Never," Lee said, not happy about that fact. "Other than for when I crash, I've never discovered a point where I stop siphoning because I have too much energy. I'm still siphoning when I end up crashing. Still siphoning when I honestly start wondering how my body is still in one piece because of the amount of energy I feel. No idea how strong or fast I could potentially be because, well you saw what happened with Tony."
It was a lot, but that wasn't all of it. And what she hadn't said yet was the part that scared her. "I know I can siphon a lot faster than I did from you," Lee continued slowly. "But I also don't know how much I can siphon once a person is unconscious or what would happen if I did take too much. So I have no idea how quickly I actually can."
Posted by Lee Smith on Oct 1, 2024 11:04:58 GMT -6
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It was a little strangely amazing just how naturally and easily everything had fallen into place between her and Tarin. Lee had only been originally intending to keep a close eye on Tarin for a week or two initially, but had turned into them being roommates pretty much as soon as Tarin hadn't been trying to get her to leave him alone.
And from there everything had just come about so naturally. Their feelings, the relationship. And it had just happened that when she started being able to sleep with Tarin that it was in his bed.
Honestly, Lee wasn't even sure when the last time she had slept in her own bed was.
When Tarin explained his lack of surprise, Lee couldn't stop the slight flush from covering her cheeks as she looked down at the puzzle.
"I thought that it would answer whether the shield uses a certain amount of energy, or if it will use everything available within a certain radius," Lee said, her eyes glancing up at Tarin briefly though her head didn't move. "If he's only draining a single battery at a time, or every one in range. And possibly if there's an upper limit to the amount of energy he can draw in."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 30, 2024 23:39:33 GMT -6
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Lee laughed when Tarin mentioned that they were going to quickly run out of closet space. "Maybe it's a good thing I don't actually use my room much," Lee said. Because it was true, she really wasn't using her bedroom for much of anything other than storing her clothing and changing. If she was sleeping, it had been with Tarin in his room.
So what would it really matter if there ended up being a pile of puzzle boxes in her bedroom?
"Thanks. But you're not?" Lee asked when Tarin said that he wasn't surprised.
Then Lee shrugged. "And that's kind of what I was thinking. Plus it would be a quicker way to answer a few questions about his powers."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 30, 2024 19:50:46 GMT -6
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After Tarin said that it was a relief that Kevin wasn't very freaked out, they quietly worked on the puzzle for a little bit before Tarin spoke again.
Looking up at Tarin a small crease formed between her brows. As he said how weird it was that people hadn't just been offering at least some energy in the morning when she was literally without.
Then he apologized. Though Lee wasn't sure whether he was apologizing for how he had pushed the fact that he thought it was no big deal, or if it was because she really hadn't gotten that from others.
"I…Yeah," Lee said as she turned her eyes back to the puzzle. It really was kind of messed up that it hadn't been done. "But it's alright."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 30, 2024 18:16:45 GMT -6
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The table grew quiet once more though only Lee and Tarin appeared to be working on the puzzle. Kevin was simply sitting there.
Finally, kevin said that he was going back to his room and standing up. Lee had a feeling this was how the next few days were going to go. Kevin coming out, asking a few more questions, and then disappearing back into his room to think.
To be honest, that might end up with him spending more time out of his room than normal.
Then he said that he'd try not to surprise her anymore by coming out with his shield up, and Lee smiled up at her son from where she was still sitting. "Thank you, sweetie," she said as he made his way to the kitchen first before his room.
Only once Kevin was in his room with his door closed did Lee look up at Tarin. Who started speaking at that point.
"I think that went very well for how it could have gone," she agreed with him. "And I told you that he hadn't seemed to be very freaked out by what he heard, didn't I? Shocked, surprised, and confused, yes. But not really all that freaked out."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 30, 2024 13:35:40 GMT -6
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Kevin actually made a face when she told him that she would always be there for him. But he nodded. Of course he knew that she would be there for him for the normal things, but she meant it when she said no matter what the issue was. Because, Lee hoped against hope, she had already dealt with worse than what Kevin would face.
And yes, the 'future stuff' was a lot. There were so many ways that his powers could potentially grow, so many different things that he could try doing with them. It was a lot even for Lee. But Kevin really did not have to worry about any of that until it came to pass, whatever 'it' might be.
"If you would like to start trying the battery pack, you definitely can," Lee told him. "There's no rush for that, though. But when you are ready, we'll get you a good one and you can try experimenting with it."
That's really what Kevin's life regarding his powers for probably the next couple years at least would be: experimenting.
Turning her attention back to the puzzle, Lee let Kevin have the space to think or to ask more questions if he wanted. As he said, this had been a lot. A few different times.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 30, 2024 0:01:18 GMT -6
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It took a few moments, but Kevin did agree that it made sense their powers had similarities because they both had something to do with energy.
"I wish it didn't have to be so complicated for you, either," Lee said, looking up at her son. "But life is complicated, sweetie. Whether you're a human or mutant."
"You don't have to worry about all of those what ifs about what your pet's might be in the future. All you need to do is learn about the powers you have now. The more that you learn about them, the better you'll be able to use them and the more prepared you'll be to naturally handle any growth or change that comes."
That had to be true, right? At least for Lee, as she had gotten better at controlling the flow of her siphoning, she had gotten more aware of how much and what direction the energy was coming from.
"I'm thinking and worrying about all that because it's what I do, isn't it?' Lee went on to ask, making fun of herself a bit. "So I can be as prepared as I can be to help you. Because I'll always be there to help you. No matter what the issue might be."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 29, 2024 20:18:08 GMT -6
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Train went on to suggest car batteries, once Kevin could isolate a source. Which was a good idea in an emergency. Car batteries had to be able to hold more charge than just a power pack. And there always seemed to be cars around the city. Despite how horrible it always was to actually drive here.
Batteries were one thing, but if Kevin was able to tap in and draw from the electrical grid…despite how everything had gone during the merge in the middle of the camp breakout, Lee could still remember the feeling of there being energy to draw from everywhere. From the lights above their heads illuminating the blood bath to the wires running through the walls of the buildings.
If Kevin could one day tap into that, he would never have to worry about not having the energy to pet his shield unless he were literally in the middle of nowhere.
And then Tarin told Kevin that she probably had even more ideas. Lee simply shrugged; Kevin had been given more than enough information to think about without adding everything she had considered about his powers.
But as Tarin continued speaking, less eyes dropped to the puzzle again as she grabbed another piece at random to see if it fit anywhere.
That was one of the things he thought she was best at? Though Lee had to admit, with the amount of time she spent thinking, and worrying, and planning, it did make sense.
"I know you try to plan everything, but how can you plan for what my powers are going to be like, mum?"
Lee shrugged as she finally found where the piece in her hand went: with another single, unattached piece. Well, it was something. "Well, it's definitely a lot easier now that we know what your powers are," Lee replied after a moment. "But in some ways, your powers seem similar to mine. So that gives me ideas of how yours might grow."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 29, 2024 18:51:51 GMT -6
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Kevin understood her meaning that sometimes you just had to mentally reframe the bad things. But he didn't seem to have thought much about how his powers worked and how they may grow over time, Lee thought as he mentioned how he drained electricity devices.
Lee wasn't sure how much Tarin had thought about it either based on how he was talking about Kevin's powers.
Still, it was true that having to plug his phone in was a pretty small price for being able to protect himself.
"Electricity is just another form of energy," Lee pointed out. "Right now you just drain nearby batteries. But that seems to be what powers your shield. What if, in the future, you learn to control what you drain? You could carry a portable battery to drain leaving your phone battery charged. Or what if you will be able to pull in more to make your shield stronger?"
Lee sat and watched those words sink into Kevin's mind and the possibilities unfold. "Those are really cool ideas. How did you come up with all that so quickly?"
Lee just blinked at Kevin. Did he really think she had come up with that off the top of her head? "I didn't, Kev. I've been thinking about your powers since the day you got them."
