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 22, 2024 13:43:27 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
"Well, I guess that means we can suck at doing the puzzle together then," Lee said, shooting Tarin a smile before turning back to the puzzle pieces.
Not that these puzzles she had in the apartment were all that difficult. They were geared toward children. But there was nothing wrong with setting expectations low for something as unimportant as doing this puzzle.
As Tarin sat and started to help her flip the pieces right side up, he spoke again. Lee's hands paused over the puzzle pieces as she looked up at Tarin with a small smile. "It really is, isn't it?" Lee asked, though she knew the answer. "Maybe we should do puzzles more often, then?"
Giving Tarin a slightly larger smile, Lee then dropped her eyes back to the table as her hands started working on the puzzle pieces again.
But what else did they need to add to their list? Were they actually going to create a list of 'normal activities we can do'? "The picnic was nice," Lee replied after a few moments of thought. "We should try to do that again before the weather turns. And movie dates are very normal."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 22, 2024 11:19:24 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Lee was looking through the box, sorting through the puzzles in there. Tarin didn't have a preference. She really didn't care either. Why would she? This was to serve a purpose in helping them to 'behave' rather than actually wanting to do a puzzle.
So Lee grabbed one of the puzzles out of the box at random and set it on the table before moving the rest of the puzzles out of the way. That done, Lee sat down and looked up at Tarin.
"Other than doing these with Kevin, I can't really remember ever doing a puzzle," Lee admitted as she opened the box and dumped the pieces out. "I'm sure I must have when I was younger, but I don't remember doing them."
Turning her attention down to the table, Lee started spreading the pieces out and flipping them over to see the picture.
Though, if Lee really thought about it, she had done puzzles as an adult: piecing back together shredded papers. They just weren't meant to be puzzles. And you had no idea what they were going to show you until you finished.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 21, 2024 23:02:02 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Well, there had been a few ideas that Tarin hadn't liked. Like her going with him back to the shop the day after the merge. And her insistence that night, after the Empire State Building, that he stay at the apartment. Or, when he refused, her plan to walk to the shop with him, and then walk home, alone, at night in New York.
But Tarin had been going through the aftermath of the merge. Plus, they didn't really know each other at that point.
Since then…Lee had trouble coming up with anything. Well, nothing other than his dislike of the sparring match with Michael, but that had more to do with how sore and bruised she was after than with the sparring itself.
"That's a fair point," Lee conceded. But it had taken a while for him to realize that any idea she gave was probably a good idea before doing it.
Setting the box down, Lee looked up at Tarin. "There's a couple of some kids cartoons, but those are smaller puzzles," Lee told him. "A bunch of superheroes, and a few Space Battles puzzles."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 21, 2024 22:00:50 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
After taking the deep breath to center herself, relax, whatever it was she needed to do so she didn't just turn around and start kissing Tarin again, Lee started walking toward the hall closet.
As Tarin laughed behind her. "And how many times did I need to tell you that before you believed it?" Lee asked teasingly over her shoulder as she opened the closet.
Leaning over and into the closet, Lee started looking through and shifting boxes as she looked for where the puzzles had been stored away. They couldn't be too buried, Lee was sure. She hadn't packed them away away in case Kevin had randomly decided he wanted to do them again. Though she had done that a couple of years earlier.
"Do you have a preference for which one?" Lee called over to Tarin. "Or should I surprise you?"
Just then, Lee opened the box that the puzzles had been packed into. Waiting for Tarin's response, she grabbed the puzzle box and made her way over to the table.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 21, 2024 20:43:58 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Tarin sat and thought for a moment or two after she had asked her question. And asked a question of his own.
His question didn't really need an answer. But it, and the grin spreading across Tarin's face, made Lee smile back at him.
It could be inconvenient? Well, yeah. Forgetting where they were and making out in a crowded, public place, or in the living room when your teenaged son walks in, were definitely inconvenient situations.
And frustrating. It sure was frustrating considering just about all Lee wanted to do at that moment was to lean in and kiss those smiling lips again.
Lee's smile widened more when Tarin told her that what was trying to happen between them that evening would never be bad.
Lee thought she had stopped herself a few moments earlier from leaning in for a kiss despite how much she wanted to. But, when she suddenly realized that Tarin's eyes looked much closer…
Standing up suddenly, Lee took a deep breath. "I'll go find one of those puzzles," she said.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 21, 2024 19:29:00 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Tarin offered to go sit in the desk chair again. Or at the table. And, while that would make it a lot easier for the two of them to keep their hands (and lips) to themselves, it sounded excessive.
They shouldn't need to put that much space between them simply to stop themselves from doing something Kevin would call gross in the middle of the living room.
A couple of hours…that was still quite a while before they could reasonably 'go to bed'. Still quite a while that they had to behave themselves while they were in the living room.
Lee laughed when Tarin commented about actually doing one of the puzzles. "That might be a smart idea, actually," Lee said with a slight shake of her head. It seemed rather excessive that they needed to resort to something like that, or one of them sitting somewhere else. But at the same time, Lee wasn't sure they would be able to keep things appropriate for if Kevin emerged from his room otherwise.
"Is it bad that we need to do that?" she asked Tarin.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 21, 2024 17:04:09 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Once she had removed her hand from Tarin's hair, he leaned back with a sigh of his own.
Yeah. It was a very good idea to stop all of that before they went too far while sitting in the living room.
It took Lee slightly longer than Tarin to get comfortable sitting on the couch facing the TV again, but it appeared that they had missed the entire rest of the episode that had been on.
"I don't know, Tarin," Lee said, giving just a quick glance over at him before turning back to the screen. "I think it was quite a good benefit for both of us. Just at the wrong time and place."
That didn't answer Tarin's question about whether they should continue watching this show or not. Lee watched the TV for another couple of moments. It certainly hadn't been riveting enough to keep their attention on it rather than each other. But Tarin was right, it was good.
"Lets try another episode," she ended up saying. Then smiled over at Tarin. "But if we still can't behave, then maybe we should find something else."
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 21, 2024 16:27:30 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
As she was trying to pull back from the kiss, Tarin was following her. Continuing the kiss.
It was very tempting to just dive back in, let Tarin continue the kiss. But Kevin was home. Kevin was awake. Kevin could walk out of his room and see them at any moment.
Even though she had been the one to say that they needed to slow down, to remind them that they were in a common area and that they couldn't get completely lost, there was a part of Lee that was a little disappointed when Tarin stopped following her and the kiss broke.
Lee sighed, her eyes closing as Tarin leaned his forehead against hers. Then he said she'd have to move her hand if they were actually going to slow down.
Immediately, Lee started moving the hand that she had wrapped around behind him. But as Tarin was moving to lean against the couch, Lee realized that she still had a hand behind his head. In his hair.
"Oh. Right," Lee said, letting go and dropping her hand to her lap as a soft blush covered her face again. "That might help, wouldn't it?"
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 21, 2024 13:09:30 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
As she turned, Lee felt Tarin's arm wrap behind her back, pulling her closer. Good. Closer was very good.
At the moment, Lee had completely forgotten about the earlier, difficult conversations. It was a little hard to think about those things when Tarin's arm was around her, his hand on her back. His lips on hers as he held her close.
Wrapping her free arm around Tarin, Lee's hand on his neck slowly lifted, her fingers slipping into his hair.
But they were in the living room. Kevin was home. And if they were to continue like this…well, Lee knew that they would forget where they were, and this was not the time or place for that.
Slowly, reluctantly, Lee began pulling back, breaking the kiss. But once again, she didn't move far; her lips were still almost touching Tarin's, her fingers still in his hair. "We should probably slow down…" she whispered.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 21, 2024 1:47:41 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Tarin didn't say anything about her patience levels. But it definitely looked like he had some thoughts about it.
Still, that wasn't very important as they sat there looking at each other, lips practically touching.
Tarin agreed that staying lost was an excellent idea, and Lee grinned as she felt his lips pressing against hers again. If this was how they were going to be lost, it was an excellent idea.
Turning slightly on the couch, not breaking the kiss, Lee leaned into Tarin. Most definitely a good idea. There had not been nearly enough of this over the course of the day.
Lee lifted a hand, it coming to rest on the back of Tarin's neck as she slowly deepened the kiss.
This was far more interesting than a puzzle. Far more enjoyable than a show.
And definitely distracting from previous topics of conversation.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 20, 2024 23:44:00 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
The other end of the phone was quiet. It was quiet for what felt like ages. Had Shin just hung up when he heard her? It was possible. Tarin had probably told Shin that she had no idea what he was doing at the mansion yesterday, that she had had no idea what he was trying to do.
Lee was about to pull the phone away from her ear to check if the call was still connected when she finally heard Shin speak.
"-but he said thank you.”
Lee blinked in shock.
"He said thank you?" Lee asked incredulously. "And if he was saying 'thank you', would you throw him off the Brooklyn Bridge?"
Without realizing it, Lee started pacing the length of the living room behind the couch as she spoke. "Could you NOT see that he was a total wreak and just about having a breakdown in there?!?" Lee continued, her voice raising slightly as she went on. "The additional trauma you were heaping onto him? Nevermind how potentially dangerous the entire thing was!"
"God Shin! Did you even think about what would have happened if a merge had happened?! And not only that, but you put him through all of that multiple times!"
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 20, 2024 23:17:01 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Tarin had learned a lot of 'lessons', of varying kinds, since the spring. Not that he had had to learn any (other than the initial one of her not leaving him to deal with the aftermath of the merge on his own), not that she would have made him learn any.
But there were at least a couple, such as believing when she said she'd like something regardless of what he thought, that were important. That if he hadn't learned them it would have meant that in one way or another he wouldn't be the man she had fallen in love with.
Tarin actually thought that she would have those kind of impossible puzzles? "I think you greatly overestimate my patience," she told him.
Though, she could focus on things for hours upon hours if they interested her. Or if they were important and she was determined.
Or if she was worrying.
The kinds of puzzles Tarin was referring to didn't fall into any of those categories. Lee doubted that she would manage to get one of those even a quarter finished before she got frustrated and gave up on it.
After Tarin asked about what they were making on the show now, Tarin said he didn't know. And as Lee focused on the screen, she couldn't figure it out either.
Then Tarin was leaning closer again. Smiling, Lee met him partway, happily returning the kiss, letting her lips linger on his. "Are you saying we should stay lost?" she whispered.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 20, 2024 22:27:50 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Who was he to argue? Lee shrugged and gave Tarin another kiss. "I'd say a smart man, knowing not to argue," Lee replied with a smile.
But Tarin didn't even know they had puzzles? Well, he must not have dug too deeply into any of the closets, Lee realized. "Of course we have puzzles. A child lives here." Lee paused a moment in thought, her eyes glancing toward the hallway to the bedroom, and the closets in that hallway.
"I know we have a few Paw Patrol puzzles. Definitely a Superman, and I think one of Batman. But if you were hoping for zoo or farm animals, I'm going to have to disappoint you. Those didn't make the move down from Toronto."
Despite that, Tarin seemed to very much appreciate the fact that she hadn't actually been talking about puzzles. At least that was Lee's guess based on the grin he had on his face when he said 'later'.
Either that or he really liked puzzles a lot more than she would have ever expected.
As Tarin leaned back against the couch again and spoke, Lee frowned in confusion and turned her attention back to the TV as well. "I have no idea," she admitted. "But also, what in the world are they making now?"
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 20, 2024 19:24:24 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Ashton didn't seem overly happy about her slightly joking comment about the XMen not really planning things out before rushing into situations. Not too pleased, but either not upset enough or unaware enough of how the team actually worked before missions to argue the point.
Or it was true, but he didn't like an 'outsider' pointing that fact out.
Not that it mattered much in the grand scheme of things. The XMen had their place, and Lee had her opinion of how they filled that space. Those who needed to know her opinion on the XMen knew what it was and why she felt that way.
That was the part that was important.
Ashton, apparently, was going to be heading to the danger room. Heading there then and now. And was inviting her to come check it out now that the mansion had been rebuilt.
Except he thought she was busy.
Lee quickly pulled her phone out to check the time then shook her head. "Actually no. I was going to head home because apparently it's 'not cool' for me to visit my son when he's trying to hang out with his new friends. Otherwise no plans for at least a couple of hours."
Turning back toward the door, Lee started walking. "They didn't change the floorplan down there, did they?" she asked over her shoulder, not bothering to look to see if Ashton was following her. She didn't need her eyes to tell that.
Posted by Lee Smith on Sept 20, 2024 18:15:36 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Lee smiled as she returned Tarin's kiss. "And who said that would be a bad thing?" Lee asked in return.
It was true, they had had some interesting conversations over the previous months, and not all of them had been resulting from negative personal experiences.
"As long as you let me get a few words in every so often, I don't think I'd have a problem with that," Lee added teasingly after a couple of moments.
But Tarin made a comment about 'while he was dumb', and Lee was about to dispute that when he continued.
And Lee couldn't help but laugh softly. "I mean, if you really do want to do a puzzle, we can," she replied as she shook her head, then gave him another kiss. "But no, I wasn't."