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.
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Becca also had no siblings (that she knew of,) so she was excited to handle the challenge of raising two girls, particularly with such an age gap. She hoped Kalos would rise to the challenge as a big sister, but they would all figure that out together.
It was bizarre waiting for surgery, because everyone was taking hurried steps and prepping equipment and people, and Rebecca was trying not to move or freak out as she felt the pain and pressure of a little devil baby informing her that yes, it was indeed just about time to greet the world.
The best part of this experience was knowing she was not alone. Maya led their coworkers, supportive and ready for the main event to Becca's side. "Ah coods nae ask fer a better team." Or a better partner at her side to lead them into the fray. "Ah'm holdin' up, though Iris is bangin' doon th' metaphorical doors. It soonds loch they're ready tae gie me aw drugged up sae we can gie started... thes is really happening. Ah... weel." Rebecca squeezed Maya's hand one last time. "Let's meet our new daughter."
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It was reassuring knowing Gemma was on the way, but it was more heartwarming having Kalos coming to the hospital. Her family was joining together to welcome Iris to the world."Ah'm excited tae see Kalos lay doon ground rules fer her wee baby sister." Kalos was going to adjust to living with a little sister, and Becca was curious if she would be a nurturing big sister or see Iris as a minion to raise as her own protege.
Becca did her best to relax during the exam, though her contractions were becoming more frequent. Iris was growing impatient, but at least the doctor seemed optimistic. Uneasy about the notion of a healer mutant, but he held his tongue. She was sure some people brought their own "healers" into the hospital, to varying degrees of validity, but DocProf was the real deal.
Becca squeezed the supporting hand offered to her. "Aye, we made th' right choice. Ah'm jist gonna wait here, tryin' hard nae tae gie birth yet. Iris can whine aw she lochs; Ah'm nae interested in gettin' torn asunder today."
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At least Liz was not coming into Xavier’s green. Nothing prepared you for the eccentricities of mutant school, but Liz knew what it was like to claim and hold the attention of stubborn, hormonal teenagers. ”Soonds loch Xavier’s is lucky tae hae ye back wi’ ‘at experience under yer belt.”
Given her appearance, Rebecca was used to questions and assumptions about her baby. Liz was on the right track. ”Aye, a wee bit mair. She keeps givin’ me new mutations e’ry day. Naithin’ overpowered.” She was waiting for the day where she woke up with telekinesis. ”Ah’ve had four arms, Ah’ve been a bird person, Ah’ve had stone fists. It’s been… weel, a test in adaptivity, tae be sure.” She empathized with Impact, because now she was the one who would have to adjust to a baby constantly adopting new powers. Babysitters would have to be paid extra.
No teacher was looking to be the object of admiration for her students, though it sounded like she had a second reason to be concerned. A weirdly relatable reason. Liz tried to change the subject, but Becca was not forgetting about it because the coincidence made her grin.
”Aye, Ah rejoined th’ team when Ah finished my Masters. Bein’ on th’ X-Men has been great, though Ah’m currently benched an’ limited tae comms right noo fer obvious reasons.” Maya would never let her out into the field in her state, not that she thought she could handle it right now.
Rebecca sighed, shining an empathetic smile. ”Ah can relate tae yer struggle, by th’ way. Ah hae nae one, bit two exes who were de-aged and moved intae th’ Mansion. Sae… yeah. Super weird. If ye e’er need tae vent or drink abit it—post baby—let me know.”
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If Maya was ever going to beat the hell out of someone not actively committing a crime, it might have been the religiously zealous nurse. Thankfully, she was clearly in the minority, and Becca quietly hoped people like her would keep becoming more and more out of place.
Becca barely felt dressed in her new hospital robes, but she was most focused on the stress of a surgery where she had no control over what came next. ”We shoulds call Gemma, jist in case mah powers gae wonky in surgery. Ah dinnae want tae send a room of medical equipment flyin.” She was lacking control over her powers at the best of times right now, so being drugged up and cut open sounded like a situation to be overly cautious.
Despite her stress, Maya was doing everything she could as an amazing partner to ease Becca’s mind. Helping her focus on their little blessing, nine months in the making. ”Right. It feels surreal; Ah’m sae ready tae meet ye. And… Ah’m sae glad tae hae ye at mah side through this. Ah loove ye sae much, Maya.” She smirked. ”Mama tae be.”
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Maya was going to get many kisses when a baby was no longer causing Rebecca's insides to rebel. Becca liked having control of her life, but she felt comfortable ceding control to Maya. It was comforting to have someone reliable in her life that she could trust to take care of her when she needed it.
The nurse grabbed Becca's file, looking the pregnant woman over. "Well, unless there's something I'm not seeing, we should be able to accomodate her.
"There is," Becca groaned. "Th' baby'll hae aw thes tay. Horns an' aw."
"Oh. OH." The nurse quickly understood, reaching that note in Becca's file as the problem was explained. "Alright, it's going to be okay, Miss Grey. I'm going to page your doctor, but I think he'll agree a cesarian is your best choice here."
"Ye think?" Becca did not want to be rude, but imminent childbirth made it hard not to get snarky. She had no desire to know the kind of damage horns could inflict with a different plan.
The nurse gestured for one of her colleagues to escort Becca and Maya, but when the older woman noticed the mother in question, she shook her head. "Nuh-uh. Nope. I ain't getting involved with the delivery of the antichrist."
Thankfully the first nurse's scowl matched Becca's own expression. "Karen, go f*cking home if you're not going to do your job. Kaitlyn, please."
A younger nurse was ready to come to the pair's aid, getting Becca situated into a room where she could get changed and await her doctor. As she slipped out of her clothes and slowly maneuvered her way into a hospital gown, she whined, "Ye know, Ah should hae known our daughter would be too impatiant tae wait fer a convenient mutation. Ah was mentally prepared fer labor, noo Ah need tae gie mentally prepared for surgery. That's too different kinds ay emotional journeys."
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Becca took on the challenge of being a teacher by jumping right to hardmode. She could have taken another teaching job to get the hang of it, but beyond some student teaching, she jumped right into teaching at the Mansion. "They're a bit of a handful, but most of them are harmless or at least mean well. Is this your first official teaching job?" Surprisingly, a lot of Mansion teachers were like that. To be fair, many of the Mansion teachers were not originally trained to be teachers.
Not particularly bashful, Becca grinned as Liz took a look at her. She was certainly a sight. "Thenk ye! Ah picked it tae gae wi' th' spots-- which, Ah'd loch tae clarify, are new." She held an arm up with two large red spots. "Jist a gift frae th' wee lass Ah'm carryin' aroond. She keeps givin' me random temporary mutations. Been a bit ay a trip." She was still curious how things would be when her gift-giving baby was out of her and in the world.
"Yer lookin' guid yerself! Nice tae know when Ah'm on maternity leave, th' students can have a new cute teacher tae crush on." The Mansion, as with any school, was a vortex of hormones. She had not been immune, crushing on Mr. Holloway when she was a student. Liz would take her turn as the new popular teacher with a smile like that, Becca was willing to bet.
This far into her pregnancy, Becca was quit to sit back down on her desk. "Sae whit hae ye been up tae o'er th' last few years? Whit journey takes ye back tae th' Mansion?"
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Even Becca had to admit that, while her current look might give her mother a scare, she felt like she wore it well. Maya could tease her, but she absorbed all the compliments in stride. Nine months pregnant and Maya always knew how to make her feel sexy and powerful. She was a badass. It just helped having that support.
Making it to the hospital, it was fortunate Becca was too focused on the excited baby in her tummy to think too much about the prying eyes around her. They did pick this hospital because it had a track record of pro-mutant care. They were always treated well, though occasionally some of the nurses got confused by things that would be easily explained if they were mentally prepared for mutant surprises.
"Guid point, though Ah'm pretty sure no ain was expectin' a demon succubus tae walk intae th' hospital pregnant. Ah'm sure Ah'm a sight." Becca stuck close to Maya as they walked toward the nurse's desk until a nurse found them first.
"Excuse me, um, Miss...?"
"Grey," she answered calmly. "Rebecca Grey."
"Oh, that explains that." Clearly, this nurse was prepped on who Becca was and what to expect. "And did you have an appointment today?"
Rebecca shook her head. "Nae exactly. We were jist-ungh!" The demoness groaned, leaning on Maya for support as another contraction hit. Maybe let Maya talk while she dealt with pain and more pain.
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It was great to have Maya thinking ahead, because Becca wanted nothing more than to get to that damn hospital so they could lay her on a bed. It had been a few minutes since her last contraction, though, so it was reasonable to give themselves the widest window to work with. "Okay, bit if we're waitin' Ah'm gonna need ye tae pet mah hair and compliment me."
Becca waited anxiously, keeping close to Maya until another the next contraction hit. She rode it out, enduring the sensations for one or two minutes, until she felt her body relaxing. "Alright, let's gae quick."
Mirror travel was a saving grace because Becca did not want to cram herself into a passenger's side right now. The trip to the hospital was quick and familiar, though not made much easier by the condition of pregnancy. Still, they arrived and walked into the hospital hallways.
Where, naturally, several sets of eyes and hushed comments befell the red woman. "Ye know, th' next time we do this, Ah hope Ah look a wee bit less controversial."
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Rebecca nodded, pulling out her phone to start the stopwatch app, mentally adding about thirty seconds. When the doctor asked her for numbers, they would be getting numbers. "Eyes on the prize," she agreed, grinning in spite of and because of the contractions. "Iris and Ah will be waitin' here fer ye, babe."
The kitchen, like most rooms in the Mansion, accommodated a mirror for Maya to use when she needed to quickly respond to a crisis. Or, you know, if she needed a quick midnight snack. Becca sat near the mirror, waiting and cradling her stomach for Maya or a contraction, whatever came first. As quick as Maya could be, the next contraction beat her out at around thirteen minutes. When Maya arrived, the stopwatch was already timing the space between her next contractions. "Ye know, Ah was expectin' tae gie a ring on yer finger 'afore we got here, but Iris is impatient loch her mama."
Slowly, Becca got to her feet, offering her arm to Maya. "Shall we?"
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Rebecca relaxed, easing up on her breathing. "They arenae tae bad yet, Ah dinnae think. This one's passed, sae we can time frae here." She was pretty sure that was how it worked, but suddenly she was finding it harder to think about all the nifty tips she got from books.
Thankfully, Maya was here to be the not pregnant one, and bless her for that. "Still, Ah wanna be safe. If Iris is comin' today, Ah wanna be at th' hospital." Becca tapped the tip of her pointy horns with a red finger. "If Iris is comin' wi' these, Ah dinnae think we want tae wing it here."
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Suddenly, grilled cheese did not sound as important as it was minutes ago. There was a new pulse of pain and pressure in her lower body, and that occupied all of Rebecca's attention, because if she was right, it was time to ring all the alarms.
"Ah mean, Ah've ne'er had contractions 'afore, Maya," Rebecca replied, trying to rein in the snark because Maya was not the cause of this pain. Well. Technically she was, but in this immediate moment, she was not causing it. "But--aaah, it feels a lot loch what Ah read abit and what Maya-- th' other Maya-- told me abit." It was nice having mother friends to prepare for moments like this.
Rebecca focused on breathing through the contraction that she was now slowly convinced was, in fact, a contraction. "I think... Maya, Ah think it's time." Time, or close to time, but if Iris was coming, Becca was not looking to take chances.
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Iris was proving to be an active baby, getting more excitable by the day. Somewhere, Impact was laughing as she reined in a floating toddler, because Iris was shifting and kicking like she was also ready to make her grand escape. She was just a little devil baby waiting in her mom's tummy, inspiring goofy devil puns from her other parent.
Maya could make all the jokes she wanted; she was getting Becca though the tough last months of her pregnancy. Honestly, nothing reaffirmed Becca's decision to spend the rest of her life with the gendershifter than the support and love she received through the tough times. Even now, Maya was trying be helpful, despite the small sample of useful information her whiny fiancee could offer.
"Light soonds best. Grilled cheese, maybe. Ah'm a wee bit nauseous, bit it's different." She was becoming an expert on being nauseous. "Thes is mair loch a pressure in mah stomach. Jist pain movin back tae front. It's..." She winced as the pain spiked.
And the spike reminded her of something she read in preparation for the big day. "Wait. Is thes... Oh, dammit, am Ah really gettin' contractions awready?"
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Pregnancy was too long. If humans were going to mutate again, they should mutate a shorter gestation period. Because Becca was ready to not have a kid in her.
That day was on the horizon, at least. She wondered how it would feel not waiting for a new mutation to accommodate to every night; it had been so long since she went to bed pale and freckled and with a human amount of limbs and pieces and woke up the same. Today, for instance, her skin traded its freckled complexion for smooth crimson skin to go with horns protruding from her temples and the tail stemming from the base of her back. Not the worst look, but also not one she was about to go out in public with. Too many zealots and nutjobs.
Instead, she could enjoy her day in a very loose shirt and cotton shorts, since none of her dresses had a tail hole. (She felt Gina's plight.) She was hungry, so Maya was ready to help her cook. In truth, Maya would do most of the cooking as Becca was already getting tired of standing and her feet were sore. Of course, the real question is what she was hungry for, given the variance of her cravings.
Food sounded good when they were lounging in their own living room, but now that they were in the kitchen, food was suddenly sounding less appealing. Damn pregnancy. "Mmm, Ah'm nae sure whit Ah can handle, honestly. Nothin' tae spicy. Ur sweet."
Becca placed a hand on her round tummy, sitting back down, feeling a sudden cramping sensation, like a pressure. She winced, surprised by the intensity. "Ur maybe mah stubborn stomach disnae wanna eat, coz it's suddenly givin' me a hard time." Becca closed her eyes, waiting for the uncomfortable sensation to pass.
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The Mansion was in many ways a mutant waypoint. People came and people went, but when the left, more often than not, they found their way back. Rebecca did, and in the years since her return, she saw old faces come to visit. In the best of cases, they joined her on the Mansion Staff. (And in one case, they put a baby in her and proposed, but that was a specific example.)
That baby was on the way in the coming weeks, and while Rebecca loved her job, she was looking forward to maternity leave because Iris was already taking a lot out of her. Today’s mutation du jour was harmless, at least, covering her in large spots the same color as her freckles. This could be worse; sure, they looked like cow spots, but did not come with cow accoutrements, so yeah. Little victories.
Sitting in her office in the afternoon, the English Teacher looked up to spot Liz, the Mansion’s new teacher, at her door. Liz was a few years younger than her, so while their time at the Mansion had brief overlap, it would be nice to meet her in earnest as an teacher and a peer.
Grinning, Rebecca slowly got up and made her way over to Liz to offer a hand. At this stage of pregnancy, she was living and dying by dresses and comfy shoes for the foreseeable future, hoping to balance professionalism and a desire to not be miserable. ”Hey there! Glad tae hae ye joinin’ th’ team, Liz. Hope yer ready fer a wee bit o’ Survivin’ Mutant School One-Oh-One.” Rebecca considered the moniker and corrected, ”Weel, One-Oh-Two. We did thes as students, but Ah promise, teachin’ ‘em is somethin’ else entirely.” A challenge was nice, she reminded herself every time furniture in her classroom had to be replaced or extinguished.
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That was a lovely sight to imagine; Kalos as their flower girl. Even if they decided on the small courthouse wedding, their first daughter would, of course be there. This was yet another step in their family becoming what it in many ways already was.
In fact, there was another step they still had to take, and the gears churned in Becca's head. "Ye know. Maybe nae tomorrow, bit if we really want tae dae a courthoose weddin, it coods be a guit time tae gie another bit ay paperwork done there." She lazily grabbed her phone and swiped in a search for the proper steps. "Ah think we need tae gie some stuff it ay th' way first, bit... what if we gae, gie married, then make our family official? Let our first act as a married couple be tae adopt our daughter?"
