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 Aug 17, 2024 20:05:47 GMT -6
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They were out dancing. Tarin was calling her cute. She was blushing. Alot.
And Lee wasn't telling Tarin to stop.
That wasn't it, though. Tarin kept going. And while the blush didn't get worse, it also didn't go away. Lee's eyes dropped, looking at the shoulder her hand wasn't resting on. If she just stared there, since she couldn't feel anyone else, maybe she could convince herself that she was alone. At least for long enough to get this blushing business taken care of.
The first three things that Tarin said after 'cute' were fine. Lee knew she was those. Though she wouldn't call herself smart, she also wouldn't normally deny it or be embarrassed by it.
Lee was still looking at Tarin's shoulder when he said those last two words, and without her consent, her eyes moved back up to Tarin's face. To see him looking straight down into her eyes. "Painfully gorgeous?" she asked.
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 17, 2024 19:04:07 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Raine
Lee shrugged slightly when Tarin questioned the kids. "I don't know. Maybe it is more of a difference between the two worlds?" Lee asked. Because while her brothers played baseball, Lee didn't really remember any of Kevin's friends, either in Toronto or New York, playing baseball.
Tarin seemed to share her thought about what to do if Zack wanted to play catch with them but didn't have a glove. "Well, if he's that desperate to play catch with you, I might manage to survive giving up my glove for the afternoon," Lee told him.
As the second song continued, Lee noticed that Tarin seemed to be relaxing more, as well. Even though this had been his idea in the first place, he had apparently been tense out here as well. Something Lee hadn't noticed before, probably because of how uncomfortable she had been between the dancing and not siphoning. J
But then Tarin commented about how he made her blush so easily when normally she didn't. Of course he was special. There were so many things that would never have happened if he wasn't special.
That didn't mean that Tarin had to sound so smug about it, and Lee was about to playfully tell him off when he continued speaking. "I am not," she said even as she blushed darker still.
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 17, 2024 18:47:30 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Raine
Lee nodded as Will explained about how long it took to do the messing. A minute wasn't too bad, Lee thought. Especially since it sounded like he had had very little actual practice doing it. And it apparently could be about half that time if he was only working on a single sense.
That was a decently short time that it wouldn't be awkward touching someone he knew in order to enhance their senses. Quite useless if he needed to do it against someone unwilling.
Will went on to explain that he was able to do it quickly as well, but that it was not a pleasant experience for the person he did it to. Not that that mattered, Lee thought.
"It's not a guarantee that it works for everyone," Lee started explaining. "But a lot of times, people are able to make things like how long it takes to mess with people's senses faster." Lee at least, knew that how quickly she could drain someone of their energy much quicker now than she had been able to 15 years earlier.
"So again, another reason to try and practice."
At least Will realized that he wasn't going to get any better with that part of his powers if he didn't practise, even if he didn't seem too happy about how she had pointed it out.
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 17, 2024 17:29:19 GMT -6
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Tarin
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Raine
Lee nodded as Tarin suggested that they invite Zack to the picnic. "We can definitely do that," Lee agreed. "We could have a bit of a problem if you wanted to play catch again. I don't think Zack has a glove."
Though, Lee thought, if it came to it, Zack could always use her glove if the three guys all wanted to play catch together.
To be honest, though, the longer that they were out there on the dancefloor, the more Lee was starting to enjoy it. Nevermind how uncomfortable and nervous the thought of dancing had made her to start with.
As they started dancing again, Lee looked up at Tarin with a smile. That was quickly joined by a slightly darker blush. "Well, I'm not generally so easy to make blush," Lee said softly as he eeys dropped for a moment before looking back up at Tarin. "Not with most people."
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 17, 2024 13:12:03 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Raine
Another picnic? Lee smiled wider at the idea. "We should. Kevin will pretend he doesn't want to, but I know he had a decent time even before his powers showed up last time."
Even though Kevin wouldn't ever say it out loud, Lee knew he had because he had actually been willing to play catch with the gloves Tarin had bought.
Tarin was sure that she had been able to manage dealing with creeps even when she was much younger. "Well, yeah, I did," she said. "I was definitely not as confident doing it, though."
They continued dancing in silence then until the song ended, at which time Tarin actually thanked her for the dance. It was unexpected enough that the slightest blush started to cover her cheeks as she looked up at Tarin. "I think you could convince me to have another dance," she informed him with a smile.
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 17, 2024 10:37:54 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Raine
Quin was apologizing, thinking that because Lee had been able to get Michael down that this was going to be a waste of time. Lee shook her head. "Just like Michael's way isn't the only correct way to think, Michael's fighting style isn't the only way to give a challenge. Plus, as my boyfriend likes to remind me, I was black and blue after that match with Michael."
Then Quin was explaining how she knew Michael and how they had - or hadn't - worked together in the past. As well as how Quin had ended up being de-aged.
"Damn…" Lee breathed with another slight shake of her head. Though it sounded like Quin was quite lucky to have only lost a decade of her history rather than her life.
"Well, whether or not you go looking for trouble or not again," Lee ended up saying. "It does sound like it would be good for you to have more options available to keep you alive. Because in my experience, it doesn't seem to matter whether you're looking for trouble or not."
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 17, 2024 10:32:37 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Raine
Lee smiled when Tarin questioned what other good ideas that he has had. "Roommates, a picnic, baseball…" Lee listed out as softly as she could with the music playing nearby. Though she had been very hesitant about the baseball to start with, it was true that Lee thought those were all very good ideas that had worked out well.
And they had all been Tarin's. Completely.
It made sense that Tarin had been taught, or at least attempted, but that he hadn't really learned how to two step with how young he had been when he left home.
But that was fine. Despite the fact that she had first learned it over a decade ago, and that Josh had even dragged taken her on the floor for a couple dances the last time she had been down in Texas, Lee was really no more comfortable on the dancefloor than she had been before learning.
"Most of those times were before I knew even a fraction of what I was capable of," Lee admitted. Which was true. But she still didn't put up with creeps. "So I'm not sure I dealt with them in the way you're probably thinking."
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 16, 2024 22:56:43 GMT -6
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Raine
Yup, it had been a stupid question. The way Quin explained that aikido was a martial arts style made it sound like Lee should have at least heard of it even if she'd never studied it.
The thing was, based on how Quin described it, Lee probably has been using it, at least her own form of it.
”Well,I can assure you that it can be useful when you put it into practice,” Lee told Quin. ”I’ve taken Michael down at least a couple times using their momentum.”
At that point Quin seemed to be in thought, so Lee let the younger woman think.
Then she blurted it a couple questions. That were simultaneously easy, yet very hard, to answer.
”Honestly? I use whatever move or idea that seems the best in the moment.
“But Michael and I used to work in overlapping but separate circles years ago. Then I did some work with Haven about 7 years ago. But we didn't actually meet until a few months ago when Michael walked into my gym wanting to spar. And since none of the guys at the gym would spar properly with me, I jumped at the chance.”
Lee paused, thinking back to that match. In the moment, Lee had felt like she'd been barely able to keep up. Watching the video, Lee had seen how much closer to failure some things had been for her.
”Yet even with all of the actual training Michael has, I apparently have them a run for their money.”
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 16, 2024 22:09:19 GMT -6
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Tarin
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Raine
Was Lee as comfortable as she could be? No, and nowhere close to as comfortable as she would like to be. She never had been.
But at the moment, it wasn't bad.
”Quite a few tonight,” Lee agreed, still smiling. ”Though tonight is far from your only good ideas.”
And Tarin kept looking up, over her head. It was different than other times he'd done the same thing, like at the bar all those months ago when he was staring past her, over her head, as they were trying to finish their beers so they could leave.
Tarin wasn't trying to avoid looking at her like those other times because he kept looking down at her and smiling.
Then Lee realized what it was Tarin was doing. He was actually making sure to look around them.
To make sure that Lee didn't bump into anyone.
Lee's smile widened slightly as Tarin started speaking again.
”Oh, me dancing,” Lee asked even though Lee knew that was exactly what Tarin had been asking. ”No, not really. I was taught enough to middle my way through a two step. I missed most of the school dances, and dancing at bars on my own was a sure fire way for my night to turn toward unwanted and unwelcome attention.”
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 16, 2024 21:44:09 GMT -6
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Tarin
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Raine
Based solely on the sigh, Lee knew that what Quin was wanting out of this was not what Michael had tried to set up.
That was completely fine with Lee. There were more ways that she could be challenged in the gym than simply sparring matches like she had had with Michael. Lee had Tony for that kind of challenge now, anyway.
Quin did explain the issues she had with her fighting in more detail. Or, rather, Michael's issues with Quin's fighting.
”Well thankfully Michael's way of thinking isn't the only correct way,” Lee told Quin. ”But taking a defensive stance in a fight isn't a bad thing, especially if you're smaller or weaker than your opponent and don't have a mutation that helps in a fight. But being able to be more offensive is important.”
Lee paused for a few moments before speaking again. ”This may be a stupid question, but what is aikido?”
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 16, 2024 21:00:05 GMT -6
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Tarin
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Raine
Lee smiled at Tarin before he turned to lead her to the dance floor. And he did a good job weaving between all the obstacles, though things in front of her were rarely ever a concern even when she wasn't siphoning.
And before she knew it, they were on the dance floor. Tarin pulled her close, still holding her one hand, his other arm wrapping around her waist, and Lee placed her free hand lightly on Tarin's shoulder.
Then they were moving, swaying to the music which was much louder here. But still nowhere near as loud as the bar would be.
“See, easy…”
Lee smiled up at Tarin. ”Ok, maybe this was a good idea,” Lee said after a few moments. It really was rather nice. Much better than she had thought.
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 16, 2024 20:45:32 GMT -6
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Tarin
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Raine
Lee was not waiting long. Only a few minutes after she had made her way into the training room, Lee felt someone else entering behind her.
Turning as she finished putting her gloves on, Lee saw a taller red headed woman walking toward her.
”You must be Quin, then,” Lee said with a friendly smile as she closed some of the distance between them so they wouldn't have to call across the room.
And as she got closer, Lee saw that Quin was quite a bit younger than she was. Probably even younger than Lee had been before she'd first come to New York.
And Michael had suggested that Lee spar with Quin because Quin needed someone other than Michael to throw her around the mat. And thinking that Lee was the person to do that.
Lee couldn't help but think that either Michael was overestimating Quin's skill, or the younger woman had been through a lot at such a young age to be sparring the way she and Michael had.
”What sort of thing were you looking for here?” Lee ended up asking. ”Michael didn't really tell me much other than you were looking for a sparring partner to go ‘full tilt’-” and yes, Lee used air quotes there. ”With you. But I really can't with most people. Just want to get expectations clear.”
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 16, 2024 19:52:26 GMT -6
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Tarin was going to give her full veto rights for the next time he planned something so she simply had to show up?
”I think I can handle that,” Lee replied. Even though she knew that Tarin would have changed tonight's plans if she'd asked. He had suggested, had offered, that they could do this dinner another night when she had been feeling very off because her siphoning kept stopping.
Lee didn't need Tarin to offer veto rights like that because he'd given her that, and more, from the start.
That's how she was able to trust him to do this, to plan things like this, without her being an anxious wreck.
And also why she could trust him to keep her from bumping into anyone when she was unable to feel where anyone was.
Lee's smile grew as she watched Tarin stand and move around the table.
”Dance with me?”
Lee was grinning happily as she raised her hand to place it in Tarin's as she stood up. ”I’d love to,” she said. And even if she would never have thought she'd say that a few minutes ago, Lee meant it completely.
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 16, 2024 18:55:54 GMT -6
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Raine
It had taken quite a while to get this arranged. So long in fact, that by the time Michael has reached out to Lee with the final arrangements for her to meet and spar/train with this woman, Lee had almost forgotten about it.
But that tends to happen when your boyfriend is in a building collapse (but he gets you out by having a spirit drag you out), and he thinks the way to not risk another potential phone induced merge is to torture himself with the same exposure ‘training’ he was subjected to as a teen.
It was a busy summer.
The arrangements had been made, though, and on the day, Lee made her way to the Haven building. She hadn't used the training facilities often, but she knew where they were. After checking in at the reception desk (she hadn't been in the building in 6 years, after all), Lee made her way to the training room with her gym bag over her shoulder.
Posted by Lee Smith on Aug 16, 2024 18:49:28 GMT -6
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Tarin
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Raine
Tarin had wanted tonight to be a surprise. That, it definitely has been. And a good surprise as well.
But he'd also wanted her to have one time, one thing that week where she hadn't needed to worry about anything. Hadn't needed to plan anything. Hadn't needed to think about it. All she had had to do was get dressed and be ready for Tarin to take her out.
”Maybe,” Lee said softly, a smile on her face. ”If you do something like this every so often, I'll start to appreciate simply having to ‘show up’.”
Maybe she'd be able to be happy without knowing the plans. Not being in control of what was going on around her and I'm her life.
Anything was possible, right?
Lee had asked if Tarin would make sure she didn't bump into anyone. And instead of answering, he looked back at the dancefloor.
But was it any surprise this part made her nervous? She still wasn't siphoning. Lee wouldn't be able to tell the difference between someone standing a meet inch behind her or 100 feet. She couldn't feel anyone right now.
”I won’t let you bump into anyone.”
He hadn't been not answering, Tarin had been looking at the dancefloor to make sure he could make and keep that promise.
Lee smiled gratefully. ”Does that man you're going to ask me to dance?”
