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 Sept 18, 2024 21:33:22 GMT -6
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Raine
Lee's head was on Tarin's shoulder, her eyes turned toward the TV, so she didn't see the surprise when he found himself with the remote suddenly. She had been honest about not wanting to use her brain, though, so it really didn't matter to her what was on the TV. So it really did make much more sense for Tarin to pick something he'd be interested in.
And while Lee did zone out a bit as Tarin was flicking through trying to find something to watch, her brain had certainly not shut off. She started to think about what additional questions Kevin might have, what he would want or need more information about. Because if she could anticipate at least some of the questions, she wouldn't be shocked by them and would be able to start figuring out something to say in answer.
Before she had figured out what Kevin's first, most pressing question might be, Tarin's voice cut through her thoughts, startling her the slightest bit.
Focusing on the TV to see what Tarin had been talking about, Lee nodded slightly. Lee normally didn't like a lot of the reality or competition type shows, but she thought this was the one Rachel had been after her for a while to watch.
"Yeah, alright," Lee said with another nod. "Rachel's been after me to watch this for a while, so I'll be able to get her off my back about it, too."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 18, 2024 20:50:17 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Raine
Tarin didn't say anything, but his look was a little confused after she confirmed that yes, puzzles was what she had been thinking about. Lee just shrugged slightly with that same slight smile before turning to the TV.
She would have to fill him in on what they'd missed in the movie? Lee laughed slightly and shook her head. "I'm pretty sure I don't remember it well enough to be able to do that," she said before reaching for the remote again and passing it to Tarin to decide what to watch. "Though to be honest, I really wasn't planning on even using my brain enough to properly pay attention to what we watch."
No, with everything that had been going on lately, the research into this Ancient Egyptian mystic and then the talk with Kevin earlier, all Lee really wanted to do at that point was to attempt to shut her brain off for a little while.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 18, 2024 18:54:17 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Nov 19, 2024 14:45:23 GMT -6
Raine
Lee tried to give Tarin as innocent an expression as she was able to as he looked directly at her. "It sure is," Lee said, unable to keep a smile from her face.
And Tarin agreed that three days was a good timeframe after everything that had happened that night. They would still have to figure out what to have with the pork chops, but that was something that they could do later. Such as after they had both had a chance to go over the recipe another time or five.
As Tarin turned back to the TV, Lee got comfortable again, her head resting on his shoulder. And realized that she had completely forgotten what she had put on to watch.
Apparently it was a cheesy romcom that was a little more than half way through already. "Did you want to watch the rest, or find something else?"
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 18, 2024 17:11:34 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Nov 19, 2024 14:45:23 GMT -6
Raine
Lee smiled, the blush staying firmly in place as Tarin spoke. "Oh you know, do you?" Lee questioned, an eyebrow raising as she looked up at Tarin. "If that's so, maybe you can answer something for me…"
Lee paused for a moment, biting her lip as though in thought as she looked up at Tarin. "Which puzzle should we do next? Because I can't decide between the castle or the forest."
That was definitely not what she had been thinking that had caused the blush. Lee had most assuredly been thinking about after the dinner they had made themselves and eaten, when they had literally fallen through her door because they hadn't been able to tear themselves away from kissing to open the door without leaning against it.
That had been a good night.
Lee didn't even think that they had a puzzle with either of those pictures on it. She really only had a few puzzles that she had done with Kevin when he was younger.
But logistics and planning…Things that needed to be done when you were trying something unusual to you that required prep work.
"Three days?" Lee suggested. "I don't want to add this onto what Kevin's thinking about tonight, so that would still give him a couple days to figure something out and give us a list. Then we can do the shopping and cook on the third day?"
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 18, 2024 16:29:39 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Nov 19, 2024 14:45:23 GMT -6
Raine
She hadn't questioned the 80s kid thing out loud, and he didn't say anything else about it. Though as Lee thought about it, Michael had said that they'd lost ten years when they were deaged. And Quin had been deaged as well.
Had that whole thing been far more widespread than Lee had thought. Or it had just disproportionately affected mutants, which wouldn't surprise her, and she had only avoided it because she had only really left her apartment when she'd had to.
How many years was it possible for someone to have lost in that?
"'War room' would have been an even worse name for it, Ashton," Lee replied, though there was a hint of humour in her voice. "Even more so if you actually think that they would actually all gather together and make a plan before rushing into a dangerous situation."
Then Ashton asked if she had actually seen the danger room before, and Lee nodded. "I have, though not since the rebuild."
Technically true, the mansion had been rebuilt since Sam had taken her to the danger room to help sort out her people radar. Lee just wasn't sure how many times the mansion had been rebuilt since…
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 18, 2024 15:29:45 GMT -6
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Tarin
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Nov 19, 2024 14:45:23 GMT -6
Raine
Lee bit her lip, the blush deepening slightly, when Tarin commented on it. Then smiled when he continued. "You do?" Lee questioned. "And I should hope that falling for me hasn't turned out badly."
They did still have things to figure out about the dinner. Such as which of the two recipes that Lee had narrowed it down to they would actually attempt to make.
Lee glanced at her phone to look at the two recipes again. "Let's go with the lemon butter one," she said after a couple of moments. "As good as the apple one sounds, just the name makes it sound more complicated."
And it was Tarin's turn for a good idea, and Lee grinned over at him. "That sounds like a great plan," she told him.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 18, 2024 9:25:16 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Nov 19, 2024 14:45:23 GMT -6
Raine
Lee waited while Tarin glanced over the recipes. She honestly wasn't sure if she had chosen good recipes. Were they good choices? Lee thought they sounded relatively easy enough to do, but had she misjudged? That was quite possible. Likely, in fact.
So when Tarin spoke, Lee was relieved to hear that he thought that not only did he agree that they sounded good, but that Tarin thought that both recipes were potentially doable by them.
But then Tarin continued speaking and Lee blushed as she remembered what had happened after they ate when they'd made the chicken alfredo. "That…might be a good idea in general," Lee said, the blush still on her cheeks. "Unless you like falling for me."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 17, 2024 20:34:21 GMT -6
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Tarin
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Nov 19, 2024 14:45:23 GMT -6
Raine
Lee smiled when Tarin said he would like for them to try cooking again. The anxiety that the idea caused had not disappeared, it was all still very definitely there. But Tarin liking the idea as much as he did, it did make it much easier for Lee to deal with that anxiety.
At least for right now. Until they got into the kitchen ready to cook.
Lee's smile widened when Tarin told her that he liked pork chops. She had guessed that based on what he had said when they went to dinner.
"I don't have one specifically picked out yet," Lee admitted. "Apparently, there is a lot that you can do with pork chops, so there's a seemingly infinite number of recipes out there."
"I think I've got it narrowed down, though," Lee said, reaching for her phone. It just took a few moments to pull up the links (and remember what they were) and send them to Tarin. "One is a lemon butter and the other is apple stuffed."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 17, 2024 15:06:14 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Nov 19, 2024 14:45:23 GMT -6
Raine
When Lee heard Tarin's surprise at her suggestion, she looked up at him and shrugged slightly. "Sure?" Lee said. A couple months ago, this would have been unheard of, her suggesting that she, or even they together, attempt to cook something.
Yet here she was.
Tarin was suggesting they try a different store, the one she tended to go to rather than the one that was just closest to the shop, and Lee nodded. "That might work better."
"I was thinking maybe pork chops?" Lee replied. She had actually been thinking about what they could cook next for a while and hadn't come up with anything that didn't suddenly sound extremely difficult the moment she started looking for recipes.
Then Lee remembered that when Tarin had taken her to the rooftop restaurant he had decided to not get the pork chops, and there were a number of seeming 'easy' recipes out there for pork chops. Lee was definitely still anxious about how it would all go, but their last attempt with the chicken alfredo had turned out well.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 16, 2024 21:27:00 GMT -6
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Raine
Lee could tell that Tarin wasn't overly thrilled with the answer that she gave him. But honestly, how could you possibly try to make a plan to do something like this safely when there was no possible way to know what would happen?
Still, Tarin nodded and did actually let the subject drop. As well as her hand, and Lee thought for a moment that Tarin was upset because of how that had gone.
But no, Tarin was standing up and moving to sit beside her on the couch. That was a relief, at least.
Shifting on the couch herself, Lee sat back and curled her legs up beside her as she leaned toward Tarin. Who said he was good with TV or whatever since there was no game that night. Lee nodded as she reached for the remote. Something pretty mindless would be good after how the day had gone.
It didn't take very long to find something to watch, and Lee settled in beside Tarin. But after a couple of minutes, she spoke again. "Maybe we could try cooking again in the next few days?" She suggested. "Definitely before Kevin leaves."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 16, 2024 20:22:03 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Nov 19, 2024 14:45:23 GMT -6
Raine
Lee hated these talks. Hated having to put voice to doing everything she possible could to stop a merge. To agree that she wouldn't hold back against the man she loves.
But unfortunately, because of Tarin's powers, because of her powers (and the fact that she would not agree to outright get as far away as possible) it was necessary. Well, maybe not necessary to voice the fact, but necessary that, in the event a merge happened, she do everything she could to stop it.
The idea that a merge ended up being what needed to happen would have been completely ludicrous to Lee a decade earlier. But over the course of telling Tarin about what the merges were and what had happened…
It did seem to be that way. The fact was, just because something was needed in the moment, did not always mean that the same something was good. And the vast majority of the time, that is how things seemed to work with merges.
As Tarin continued speaking, Lee sat up straighter as she stared at him. A safe way?? How could they possibly look into merges, try to see if they were in fact an answer to what Tarin needed at that moment in a safe way when there was no way to know ahead of time what was going to be needed to keep damage to a minium or how to end it?
"I don't even have an idea how that could possibly be done safely."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 16, 2024 17:40:39 GMT -6
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Tarin
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Raine
Lee knew that Tarin had known before; when he'd told her months earlier what he knew to watch for with a spirit merge, he knew what to watch out for in case it was happening without him realizing. Those were all excellent things to watch for, as well as what Lee had suggested to Kevin to watch for and ask, looking from the outside.
That particular spirit was just very smart, patient, and sneaky. And he managed to do a damn good job making those things to watch for useless.
But now he knew, though Lee wished that he hadn't needed to learn that lesson. And she knew that it was possible for a spirit to come back after whatever it was her siphoning had done to make it disappear.
Both of them were going to be able to watch for if it ever came back.
Tarin was also telling her not to pull any punches if the 'other thing' happened. Lee nodded slightly. "I won't," she whispered.
As Tarin continued, Lee's eyes slipped closed and she nodded again. "I do too. If I had any way of knowing what might happen ahead of time, it wouldn't scare me so much."
After a moment, Lee opened her eyes and tugged on Tarin's hand slightly. "Should we find something to watch?" she asked. "Or would you rather do something else tonight?"
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 16, 2024 11:50:01 GMT -6
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Raine
Tarin definitely looked sceptical when she said that Kevin hadn't been freaked out. But he had taken things a lot better than her siblings had when they found out more details about certain things, and they had known about merging for over a decade.
But Lee thought that everything would be fine between Tarin and Kevin. Kevin just needed time to think. A lot of time. Because he also had to change a lot of ways that he thought about his father as well.
Then Tarin was thanking her for being so sure that a merge wouldn't happen again. Lee squeezed Tarin's hand as she gave him a small smile. "I still think the only reason it happened is because it was that spirit," Lee said softly.
She then just sat there looking at Tarin for a couple moments when he asked what if it happened again. "And if it does, then we will deal with it," Lee told him, her voice still just as soft, though certain. "We'll deal with it together. Just like everything else that may come our way."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 15, 2024 23:13:20 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Nov 19, 2024 14:45:23 GMT -6
Raine
Just staying off SUPER's radar. That should be easy enough. At least it would be for others, would have been for her the last few years. But not everyone had videos of their sparring matches go viral or had buildings collapse when they tried to volunteer.
Still, it was easy enough to try to accomplish.
Nothing was off limits except for the obvious. Lee nodded. "I don't think he's really freaked out," she told Tarin after a moment. "He was shocked and confused before you got home, but not freaked."
"And Kevin's always wanted to be alone when he's giving something serious thought. He just needs to have time to go through and figure out everything he learned today."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 15, 2024 20:54:21 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Nov 19, 2024 14:45:23 GMT -6
Raine
Lee just looked at Tarin silently, one eyebrow slightly raised when he mentioned that he hated knowing that there was possibly something going to happen. Something that they knew very little about. Something potentially dangerous.
Did he know her at all??
From Haven, Tarin quickly made the jump to SUPER, stating that they were just as scary as they had been on the other side of the rift. Which Lee didn't think was quite true. At least not yet.
Though the government on this side did not exactly have the best track record toward mutants either.
"I'm sure that Haven's been watching SUPER since before they became properly established over here," Lee said. "But you're right, we probably should as well. Though I'm not sure how effective I would be at that."
Probably not at all, Lee thought. Not with how she was living her life now, with no real connection to Haven or anyone or anything else beyond Sam, Shin, and now maybe Michael.
"I know I can send him to you with his questions," Lee said after a couple moments. "But is there anything you don't want me to tell Kevin about?"
