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 9, 2024 18:40:58 GMT -6
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"Apparently, yes," Lee replied with another shrug. Since this had all started as a joke and playing around, Lee wasn't sure why it mattered so much to Tarin.
He had already won; he had gotten her to not only watch baseball, but come to enjoy it, and then he'd gotten her to wear his baseball hat.
As expected, Michael was getting tired, the extra playing with Tarin, though it wasn't much, probably helping with that a bit. Lee had to agree with Tarin, though. It was pretty darn cute when Michael yawned.
While Tarin was trying to explain his surprise at how the previous inning had ended despite his 'gods', Lee tried to get Michael to recline back and snuggle. Despite his yawn, Michael was wanting none of that snuggling relax time.
"Just have faith," Lee repeated. Have faith in the baseball gods Tarin had likely made up mere moments before he spoke about them, who he said were the source of the interdimensional hat magic that helped the Mets play better.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 9, 2024 17:50:18 GMT -6
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Tarin had seen her disbelieving shake of her head. And was questioning her not believing that after everything she had seen and done and heard about.
"I mean, gotta draw the line somewhere, right?" Lee said, though her tone was still light and playful.
Michael wasn't having any of the tug of war game with his jellyfish now, and though he wasn't crying, he was definitely voicing his opinion on Tarin trying to take it away from him.
Nose boops, however, still seemed to be a hit because that set Michael off giggling again.
Lee just stared at Tarin for a few moments in silence when he spoke again. Really? After what he had just said to her about not believing?
"What happened to your baseball gods and interdimensional hat magic?" she asked. "You're shocked when I don't believe, but then you can't believe when it might have done that?"
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 9, 2024 15:53:29 GMT -6
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Oooh, there were obviously baseball gods because of Tarin's interdimensional magic. Lee shook her head at Tarin's reasoning, though she had an amused smile on her face. It was a little ridiculous, but so was everything with this 'magic'.
Though, Lee thought as she watched the catcher get the next batter out when he popped it up behind the foul line, maybe there was something to this. She did not remember the Mets playing this well back in the spring.
That might have been because she didn't understand the game, she realized.
Still. Despite the fact that there were three players on base, the Mets were doing good keeping them there without scoring.
Tarin was grabbing the jellyfish again, Lee saw. Turning her eyes from the tv, she watched the slight tug of war over the toy, Michael's babbling and grunting almost making it sound like he was telling Tarin off.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 9, 2024 14:11:57 GMT -6
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They were going to need a new judge? Well, Lee supposed that was fair. If he reacted by filling his diaper at the mention of judging whether Tarin was warm enough…
But the game started not going so well as the other team just got a third player on base. "Wait, there's baseball gods now?" Lee asked a little incredulously as she looked over at Tarin. "And yes, maybe if we had actually thought ahead and got Michael a hat beforehand, your magic might be working better. But remember, Kevin doesn't have a hat, either, and that hasn't seemed to be a problem before."
Finished speaking, Lee glanced back at the tv just in time to see that the current batter had just struck out.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 9, 2024 11:57:53 GMT -6
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Not a single thing had changed in the game while she had been gone, she hadn't missed anything. That was good. Even if the Mets hadn't managed to get another run in, at least the other team hadn't scored either.
Michael was still busy chewing away on his jellyfish, so when Tarin scooted closer to her, Lee leaned her head against his shoulder once more.
"He was a biohazard?" Lee asked, turning a raised eyebrow to Tarin. "And sure, he got a little smelly, but he was still cute,"
Though, Lee had to wonder, would she have felt the same way before Kevin? She had never really been around babies before that. Other than randomly in a public washroom, she'd never been around a baby being changed before Kevin.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 9, 2024 7:41:47 GMT -6
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And it seemed that Tarin was very against the idea of changing Michael's diaper. He was even putting more space between them as he stated that he wasn't going to change a diaper in any universe.
He was even wishing her good luck. It hadn't even sounded that bad..
But he seemed far more uncomfortable with this than anything else to do with Michael, including holding the child while he was crying.
Slinging the diaper bag over her shoulder as she stood and made her way back to her bedroom to change the baby.
A few minutes later, after stopping to throw out the diaper, Lee returned and sat down on the couch once again. "Did I miss anything good?"
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 8, 2024 22:38:46 GMT -6
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Once again babies were awful? Lee shook her head as she looked at Michael. "Are you actually done, or should I wait a few minutes?" she asked the child, but only got gurgle as he continued to chew on his jellyfish.
And Tarin was going to leave it all to her? "What? You don't want to change your first diaper?" Lee jokingly asked. "It's quite an adventure."
Not that Lee actually expected Tarin to be eager to do that. Kevin had taken one look at Michael earlier that evening and flat out said he wasn't touching a diaper.
Other than happy gurgling, though, there were no other sounds coming from Michael.
"Alright Michael," Lee said, leaning forward to grab the diaper bag. "Time to clean you up."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 8, 2024 21:33:11 GMT -6
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Tarin thought that she was underestimating how much he hated to be cold? Lee supposed that was true. But she also thought that he was underestimating how much she had had to learn to stay warm. And how many years she had spent learning, because that had gone well past the few years she had been on the streets.
He did have a good point about figuring out how to decide who won the challenge.
Tarin's suggestion a moment later that Michael be the judge was entertaining, and Lee laughed as she looked down at Michael. "What do you say?" Lee asked the baby. "Will you be the judge of whether I can dress Tarin warm enough this winter?"
It almost seemed like Michael was considering what Lee said because he stopped his bouncing on her lap and looked up at her with wide, innocent eyes.
Only to let out a loud toot a moment later.
Lee let out something between a sigh and a laugh. "That's not a great answer, you know."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 8, 2024 20:24:37 GMT -6
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Lee watched as Tarin tried to distract Michael with the lion again, but the baby was having none of that. While the lion was cute, Lee knew that it would not hold a candle to the jellyfish at this age. The jellyfish just had too much to keep it interesting.
Tarin also didn't like to be reminded that the baseball season was slowly but surly reaching the end. "Well, that's still a chance," Lee reminded Tarin.
"But remember," Lee said, looking up at Tarin with a smile again. "You're going to be warm this winter."
Tarin doubted her ability to keep him warm without him looking like a poof ball. Lee hadn't forgotten about that challenge and she still had every intention of winning.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 8, 2024 19:10:40 GMT -6
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It was nice, but a little strange, to find out that she had been right about the hat and the interdimensional magic working whether they were watching the game or not as the Mets were up by 2 and they had just made their third out so they were about to be at bat again. A much better position than they had been in before Tarin had put the hat on her head.
It really was starting t get a little freaky how that always seemed to work out.
"Oh definitely," Lee agreed. "I have the feeling that this is a toy he frequently plays with no matter where he is. If that's the case, it'd be the end of the world if we forget to send it home with him."
When Tarin brought up the fact that Michael wouldn't get his Mets hat if Lee didn't babysit him again, she laughed slightly. "That's a good point. But what happens if the season is over the next time I babysit Michael?"
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 8, 2024 18:35:41 GMT -6
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"What?"
Lee just shrugged when Tarin spoke. There really wasn't much reason to explain what she had been thinking about. Especially not with Michael there and Kevin able to walk out of his room any moment.
Having no screaming baby was a vast improvement to how things had been before.
When Tarin mentioned that he wouldn't mind babysitting again, well, that he wouldn't mind if she offered to babysit again, Lee turned to smile up at him again. "That is good to know," Lee replied. "Hopefully he'll be happy and relatively quiet until Shin gets back."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 8, 2024 16:54:38 GMT -6
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Lee had to admit that Tarin was right in that it was pretty easy to get caught up with baseball. There had been times in the past that they had only tuned into the game late and it took next to no time to figure out what was going on. Or, more often, they had gotten distracted in the middle of the game, starting to pay attention again a fair time later.
"Well, that's good," Lee replied regarding how the game was going. Though she continued to smile softly at Tarin.
Tarin then let Michael 'win' the second round with the jellyfish before he wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
Lee smiled as she leaned into Tarin, only looking away from him at this point to rest her head against his shoulder. "This is rather nice, though," Lee murmured after a couple of moments, glancing between the tv and the baby.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 8, 2024 13:49:46 GMT -6
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Lee thought about it for a few moments. She had heard that daylight savings messed with people's, not just baby's, circadian rhythms. And there had been quite a few years that Lee thought that's what it was.
"That's possible," Lee agreed with a nod as she watched Tarin grab the jellyfish again. Only for Michael to drop the lion and lunge for the other toy almost instantly.
"There's been a few years when I swear he's started before the time change," Lee continued, smiling as she watched Tarin playing with Michael some more.He seemed to not only be enjoying it, but Tarin was doing a good job playing with Michael, getting plenty of giggles and squeals out of the boy.
"You're right, the game is on," Lee agreed, though her eyes were on Tarin the entire time. "But we don't have to watch every game. Surly wearing the hat while the game on is enough magic, right?"
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 7, 2024 21:44:09 GMT -6
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Lee shook her head when Tarin asked if Kevin fought sleep often. "No, not really that often," Lee said. "Sometimes when he was sick. There were a couple times when he just would not sleep for longer than an hour at a time. And every spring without fail, he has about a week where he just has trouble sleeping and then everything goes back to normal."
Tarin grabbed that lion again, booping Michael on the nose again a few more times, getting a more and more excited reaction from the baby each time.
"We could," Lee agreed with the idea to chill out. "Or it could tire him out so he sleeps easier."
Lee grinned even wider, happily but slightly teasing, as she looked at Tarin. "But if you're done playing, we can go back to watching the game."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 7, 2024 20:27:06 GMT -6
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Awful was an understatement when you were so tired you could barely keep your eyes open. "It really can be," Lee agreed.
"But then you have times like this," Lee continued when she heard Michael's giggle. "And hope that they turn out even close to how Kevin has, and it's worth it."
Lee sat and watched Tarin interacting with the baby and her smile widened even more. It was so cute, both of them were, Lee didn't think it would be possible to not smile.
"Though maybe I had that part a little easier," Lee mused softly after a few moments. "As long as I was able to get out and around people, I didn't have to deal with any of that while exhausted. And no matter how long Kevin fought and wouldn't sleep, I didn't have to worry about being able to stay up, or ended up begging him to sleep so I could get some rest."
