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 Welldrinker Cult
A shadowy group is gaining power, drawing in people who are curious, vulnerable, or malicious, and turning them into Mystics. They are recruiting people into their ranks to spread the influence of magic in the world, but for what end goal?
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 May 7, 2024 15:55:07 GMT -6
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Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
“And you obviously don’t know how determined and stubborn I can be when I set my mind on something.” It was factual, she wasn’t going to just leave. But she didn’t say it with any harshness in her voice at all.
But as he continued to speak, Lee frowned. Then frowned deeper. “I know you’re not him,” Lee whispered, her eyes dropping to the table for only a moment before looking back into his green eyes. No matter how similar this Tarin might be to the man she had fallen in love with, she knew they weren’t the same. The eyes were different. Even when it had been Tarin’s brown eyes looking at her, she had been able to tell whether it was actually him or not based on how those eyes looked at her.
And these were nowhere close to being the same eyes.
“Yes, I did come because I knew I could stop it,” she continued, her voice only a little louder than it had been as she looked straight into his eyes. “But I’m not just staying because of ‘some weird sense of responsibility’. I’m here because I’m pretty damn sure what’s still coming, and no one, no matter who they are, should go through something like that alone.” It probably was not a great time to let him know that there was more coming, but with how hard he was trying to get her to leave, how else could she explain her insistence on sticking around?
“If you’d rather go or do something else instead of the Empire State Building, we can do that instead. But I haven’t seen her in over a decade, and she’s normally the only one up there…”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 7, 2024 15:53:55 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Secret romance
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Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
He needed to text to cancel his sessions tomorrow. Lee nodded. Good. That did still need to be done, she thought as she turned her attention back to her plate so she could finish her eggs.
“But…you know…maybe I don’t need to cancel.”
Lee’s head jerked up probably in a similar manner to how TJ’s had just moments before. “I would cancel tomorrow,” she said gently. “Play Tuesday by ear, but canceling tomorrow would be a good idea.”
Suddenly, it appeared that he was finished eating, though he had been eating quite quickly just before her question. Lee frowned. Lee had a very good idea what the reason for that had to be.
And then he was saying that she could leave whenever. Yeah, that was not happening today. Lee knew that he hadn’t even started into the bad part of the post-merge period. Considering he had asked her for the knife so he could ‘take care’ of his mess, TWICE, there was not a chance in hell that she was going to leave him alone for that. Not that she would have anyway…
“Honestly, no,” she replied before putting the last bite of egg into her mouth, only continuing once she had swallowed. “Normally I would have Kevin, but my sister took him up to see h-our parents for a few days, so I really have nothing to do today.”
Leaning back in her chair, Lee thought for a minute. Like with the fire escape comment, he seemed to be doing everything he could to get rid of her short of actually telling her to leave. But his last merge had been decades ago, and in so many ways she knew that this spirit made everything after the fact so much more difficult. She honestly didn’t think that he had a clue what would be hitting him soon. Possibly at any moment…
Then she had a thought of something that shouldn’t be much of an issue, but that would be impossible for her to do herself. “What about going to the Empire State Building?” she asked, her head tilting slightly as she looked across the table.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 7, 2024 15:51:48 GMT -6
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Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
As TJ was cooking up the eggs, Lee leaned against the other side of the counter, just casually watching him. She had to admit that he seemed to be doing remarkably well today. Functional. Not happy, definitely not, but also didn’t seem to be too depressed or horrified about what had happened.
He was either handling things very well, or it hadn’t hit him yet. And considering what he had said about her being able to compartmentalize things, if Lee had to guess it would be the later option.
He’s going to hate having me around by the time this is all done, she thought. Then frowned as she realized that she didn’t like that idea. Lee was so engrossed in her own thoughts at the moment that she didn’t even notice the way that TJ looked around the shop at what would have appeared to have been nothing.
It didn’t take too much longer after that, and the food was on plates and was being placed on the table. Making her way over as well, Lee laughed slightly when she heard the way that he announced everything was ready? “You guess?” she questioned. Sitting down, she dished some eggs onto her plate and grabbed half of a bagel. “Considering the extent of my cooking ability consists of kids' food, and even then it’s not great, this looks good.”
Lee waited for TJ to dish his own food onto his plate and then started eating. After a minute, she looked up and across the table toward him. “This is good. Thanks.” She continued eating in silence, mostly because she knew he needed to eat; she’d eaten a few times at this point since she had found him in the park.
When her plate was almost empty, she looked over at him again. “Was there anything else that you needed to do today?”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 7, 2024 15:50:24 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Secret romance
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Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
Glancing over after she had told him how she was feeling this morning, she saw his frown. And definitely noticed that he hadn’t answered her question. She wasn’t about to push, though. She’d just watch him. He likely wouldn’t have been that honest about it.
It didn't take long for them to get to the shop and once again, without really thinking about it, Lee pulled her keys out and unlocked the door.
And watched for his reaction once inside as she locked the door behind them.
“Um…make yourself at home, I guess? I’m going to grab my phone and take a quick shower if that’s alright…”
Lee nodded, though she continued to keep an eye on TJ as she moved over to the counter and set her purse down. “Go ahead,” she said.
Then he was offering her things to help with her head and she gave a slight smile. “Thanks. I took a painkiller not long before you got up though.”
At that point, Lee tried to stay out of his way as he got ready for a shower. Once he closed the door, she went to the kitchen and grabbed another garbage bag. Taking a deep breath, she looked around the back of the shop, then started with cleaning up the mess that used to be a chair.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 7, 2024 15:49:38 GMT -6
Mutant God
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heterosexual
Secret romance
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5
Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
Glancing over after she had told him how she was feeling this morning, she saw his frown. And definitely noticed that he hadn’t answered her question. She wasn’t about to push, though. She’d just watch him. He likely wouldn’t have been that honest about it.
It didn't take long for them to get to the shop and once again, without really thinking about it, Lee pulled her keys out and unlocked the door.
And watched for his reaction once inside as she locked the door behind them.
“Um…make yourself at home, I guess? I’m going to grab my phone and take a quick shower if that’s alright…”
Lee nodded, though she continued to keep an eye on TJ as she moved over to the counter and set her purse down. “Go ahead,” she said.
Then he was offering her things to help with her head and she gave a slight smile. “Thanks. I took a painkiller not long before you got up though.”
At that point, Lee tried to stay out of his way as he got ready for a shower. Once he closed the door, she went to the kitchen and grabbed another garbage bag. Taking a deep breath, she looked around the back of the shop, then started with cleaning up the mess that used to be a chair.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 7, 2024 15:48:56 GMT -6
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Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
Lee tried to keep them as far from Central Park as she could, but with where both her apartment and the shop were located, they really couldn't stay that far from it. Glancing over at TJ occasionally as they walked she saw that he was doing fairly well so far, all things considered.
And he was the first one to break the silence outside, asking how she was doing. She took a sip of coffee as she thought about how much to say.
“Definitely sore,” she admitted. “And still a bit of headache. How about you?”
She was not about to tell him about the bruising on her arm and shoulders.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 7, 2024 15:46:59 GMT -6
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Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
Keys and coffee cup in hand, Lee made her way to the door. But she hadn't missed the frown. She waited until after she locked up and they were heading toward the elevator so they wouldn't have to look at each other if he didn't want to as she said this.
“Sorry” she finally said, her voice only a little above a whisper. “It's just… I know you are, but it's hard for me to think of you as Tarin…if there's something else you'd rather I call you, I can do that.”
And they'd reached the elevator. Pressing the button, Lee glanced at him out of the corner of her eye.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 7, 2024 15:46:10 GMT -6
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Secret romance
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Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
Lee didn’t say anything regarding his sleep the previous night. Tarin had always said that he’d slept more peacefully any time he was tired as a result of her powers.
But she was already pulling two travel mugs out of the cupboard when he started speaking again, and she just looked over her shoulder with a raised eyebrow that said “really?!?” To the fire escape comment.
“I have nothing to do today,” she replied as she started digging through the cupboard for sugar. “Kevin's out of town for at least another day.”
Then her voice dropped as she found the sugar and put a spoon of it in one of the mugs. “But you probably shouldn't go to the shop by yourself…”
She avoided looking at him as she said that, then moved to the fridge. “I hope milk is ok. I don't have any cream.” After getting the ok for the milk, it only took a minute for her to walk over with the two mugs, passing one over. “Here you are, TJ,” she said, then grabbed her purse and keys. “I'm all set if you're ready.”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 7, 2024 15:45:07 GMT -6
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Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
It had been another long night, but Lee was used to that. What she wasn’t used to was the fact that the Tarin Brooks who had come from the other side of the rift years ago, who had been working in the shop since then, was currently asleep in her bed. And it was rather awkward to think about it like that.
It had seemed better than Kevin’s room, though.
As had always happened after merges, Lee had had a lot of time to think. And one of the things that she had realized was that she just could not think of him as ‘Tarin’. About the closest she could manage was to think of him as ‘Tarin from the other side of the rift’ or ‘the other Tarin’. And considering how much more interaction they were going to end up having, Lee needed to be able to call him something.
At least trying to figure that out took a good chunk of the night.
Finally, morning arrived and Lee set about making coffee. Not because she needed the coffee, she still had far too much energy to sleep. No, she made coffee because that was just what she did in the morning. Then she sat down on the couch with a mug and got back to the paperwork she’d been working on a couple days prior when everything had happened.
And because he had been quiet, and she still hadn’t turned her siphoning back on in an attempt to be able to sleep that bit sooner, Lee jumped when she heard his voice coming from the direction of the bedrooms.
“Morning,” she replied with a small smile. “Did you sleep ok?”
With a quick glance at her mug, Lee set the paperwork aside and got up to grab more coffee. So as he spoke again, she was coming up to where he was standing. With the bag she’d packed for him over his shoulder. She frowned slightly, her head tilting. “You don’t need to pay me back,” she told him softly, the crease now formed between her brows. “Though other than canceling tomorrow’s appointments, I wouldn’t have thought you had that much to do right away. I would have done that for you already, but I didn’t see an appointment book in the shop.
“But if you do have that much to do,” Lee continued, finishing her walk into the kitchen. “I can always put the coffees into travel mugs.”
Sam was late. Not very late yet, but he was definitely late. Lee was just pulling her phone out to check the time when she heard Sam's voice off to her left. ”I’m late! I know!”
Lee looked over and saw Sam rushing past, making his way to the counter. Lee just shook her head and rolled her eyes slightly. Like she wasn't used to him being late by this point?
It really didn't take long for Sam to get a coffee for himself and make it back to the table she had claimed. Lee didn't miss the fact that Sam was dusting he l his pants off before sitting down. And she definitely did not miss the smell of burning hair as he joined her.
Lee’s nose wrinkled slightly at the smell, but she didn't say anything. Knowing Sam, it was some kind of X-Men altercation that had taken place recently enough that Sam hadn't had the time to clean up before meeting her.
She didn't say anything, though. That would have brought all those mutant drama issues she'd been doing a rather good job of avoiding in the last 6 years front and center. Even Sam has had been helping with that; even Sam had been good about that over the years.
But that still didn't stop Lee's eyes from giving Sam a quick once over checking for any injuries. She didn't see any.
”Looking good Lee! As always. How have you been? Bar? Kiddo?”
Lee smiled. ”Things are good,” Lee replied. ’Can you believe Kevin is 13 now? Apparently there's a youth MMA league, so he's been bugging me constantly about joining.”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 3, 2024 18:02:56 GMT -6
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Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
Generally speaking these days, if Lee was out of the apartment in the early afternoon, she was at the bar getting some work done. Especially on a Friday, trying to get as much work done before she needed to pick Kevin up from school.
Today was different. Today was an exception.
Since the rift had closed and Tarin (Kevin's father Tarin, not the other Tarin Brooks who had found himself trapped here) had disappeared, since Blaine never actually came back and the resources she'd been able to access couldn't find him either, Lee had pulled back on just about everything in her life. She had done everything she could think of, short of leaving New York again, to avoid the drama, the danger, the...one word could be adventure, she supposed, that seemed to come along with being a mutant. Lee had amicably broken ties with Haven and the X-Men in general, though she had kept in touch with a few friends over the years.
Such as Sam, who she was meeting for coffee that day.
Walking into the coffee shop that they tended to meet at most often wearing a dark grey skirt and a red tank top, Lee ordered herself a coffee and went to find a table to sit and wait.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 2, 2024 18:45:35 GMT -6
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Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
He was apologizing again. Lee shook her head and waved it off as if it was nothing. Because it really wasn’t. She did a quick check on her energy level and realized that yeah, it would likely only be another couple of days before she slept again. After a merge, that was actually pretty damn good.
“Don’t worry about it. Really,” she told him with a bit of shrug. “I’m used to it. I don’t sleep after spending a night at a bar, either.”
But then he was saying that he had it from there, and Lee nodded. Then she stood up, finishing up the last bit to get the bed ready. “I’m sure. It’s easier for me to get through the night in the living room.”
Gathering the bedding she had removed, Lee made her way toward the door, then turned to look back at him. “Bathroom’s just further down the hall. I’ll be around if you need anything. And, uh, good night.”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 2, 2024 18:45:11 GMT -6
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Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
Lee let out a sigh of relief when she saw his eyes fluttering then opening. Then he spoke, and Lee couldn’t stop the soft chuckle and smile. It was so…Well, he wasn’t the same Tarin she knew, but it was such a him thing to say.
Then he questioned what she had said before he’d passed out, and the smile faltered. Rather than answer immediately, Lee asked a question of her own. “Think you can sit?”
After getting an indication that he could, Lee helped him up, again keeping a hand behind his shoulder to make sure he didn’t fall again.
“Where do you think all the energy I took from you went?” her eyes darting away from his eyes briefly as she frowned. “I won’t be able to sleep until I’ve burned through all of that, and I don’t have a way to speed that up here…”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 2, 2024 18:44:48 GMT -6
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Secret romance
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Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
Lee had already turned and was making her way towards the bedrooms when he spoke, so she didn’t hear him saying her name. In fact, she had stopped to grab a set of sheets out of the closet, had already pulled the sheets off her bed and was starting to put the fresh set on when she heard his voice from the door.
“I won’t be sleeping for at least a couple days, so someone may as well use it,” she said as she glanced over while continuing with getting the bed ready.
But as he continued speaking, Lee saw that he really didn’t look good. She straightened up as his voice trailed off. Then she saw his eyes rolling back and he was falling.
Lee’s eyes widened and she rushed forward, very glad that her speed and strength still worked when she shut her siphoning off. She wasn’t able to catch him completely, but she managed to get there and get ahold of him in time to keep his head from hitting the floor again.
Lowering him gently the rest of the way to the floor, Lee checked him over, checked his pulse, looked for any injuries she had missed noticing earlier.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 2, 2024 18:44:13 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Secret romance
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Jul 2, 2024 12:54:36 GMT -6
Raine
Lee stayed silent as she let what she had said sink in. It had to be a lot to take in, especially right now for him. When he did finally speak, she couldn’t help but smile. “It really kind of is,” she agreed with a slight nod. ”I’m sure there are. Since, well…I’ve been keeping my head down and just helping Kevin deal with it all, but before that I had been becoming involved with another organization, also here in New York, trying to do similar things.”
Then there was more silence, but this time it didn’t feel as strained, tense, distressed by the events that had brought them together hours before.
“Maybe I should try to get some rest…”
“Of course,” Lee said as she stood up. “I’ll go get a bed ready for you.”