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.
As Alex stood outside on the street watching his pottery shop crumble, Alex wondered if he had gone overboard. No, he did go overboard, to the point that he might have not just buried the shadow jumper assassin, but perhaps the two guys that also showed up to give him a hand. The malachite manipulator stood there as he watched the shadow jumper, Shade as the silver man called him, back pedaled to avoid getting swallowed up by the collapsing floor... but he wasn't fast enough and he fell only to have a section of the ceiling fall onto him as well. "That should buy a few seconds, if not a minute." Alex stated to no one in particular as his glowing green eyes narrowed and shifted over to Koga. The young man was moving over to the young girl and her comrade in an attempt to push them away from the collapsing building. Oh yeah, Alex really went overboard when he took down his own shop. He could of sent a spike into the floor and had it come up behind Shade and stab him in the back, or he could of used one growing poll to turn on all of the lights to eliminate most of the shadows then take out Shade with a pincer attack, or Alex could've just run. Nope, he just had to destroy his own shop and home.
Deep down, Alex knew that is was a bad decision too. The think with being buried in rubble, you were normally enveloped by the rubble's shadow... which meant Shade was currently within the shadow of the rubble that was falling on him. All Alex did was create a distraction and maybe shake up his opponents a bit... but that was it and it wasn't enough. He had to make them turn back or he had to eliminate them all... or do option number three which was run, and that was a nice looking option right now. The voice of the teenage girl near him got Alex to look away from the shop and and the young woman. She had her cell against her ear, and had clearly called 9-1-1... why else would she ask for the address of his shop?
"We're on the corner of 7th Ave and West 58th street. We have a mutant assassin that uses shadows so tell them to bring spot lights." Alex responded before he glanced west and noticed that the sun was setting behind the buildings in that direction, and a shadow was stretched half way across the road... one big jumping spot for a shadow teleporter. "My kingdom for a lantern right now..." Alex muttered as he turned to the sliver man, whom quickly stated that they had to leave. "No need to tell me twice..." Alex responded before turning back to the young woman. "Lets go! You're not safe here. You gotta move. Now!"
Alex started to follow the silver man back to his vehicle as the guy started to talk about how he knew Shade and that he wasn't good... but he wouldn't dare go near the mansion. "Understandable. That place has an army in there if you all chose to fight. I'm glad that you guys prefer peace. Almost makes me wanna sign up there... if I was still a kid that is." Alex responded as he constantly turned his head back and forth, examining every shadow he could see, but he knew well the chances of him catching a glimpse of Shade was rather low.
When Alex noticed the slight change of the young man's facial expression, Alex knew for a fact that he had caught the kid off guard. Clearly he hadn't expected Alex to walk up to him and ask what was wrong with the two dogs... and it was clear as to why. Anyone in their right mind that saw these two canines would instantly feel a shiver go up their spine as fear started to creep in. Those pitch black dogs with all of that muscle with red eyes that seemed to glow would make anyone scared... and Alex would be lying to himself if he said that he wasn't feeling uneasy by looking at those dogs. Even the malachite manipulator, whom could create any type of melee weapon in the blink of an eye, was slightly scared by those dogs.
But, clearly the boy was trying to make it seem that they weren't scary and that their sickness, redeyeititis as he called it, wasn't contagious, his dogs had been born with it, and that it was harmless. The moment that the boy was done answering Alex's question, he tilted his head to the side and gave the boy a look that basically said 'why don't I believe you?' It was even more evident that the boy was lying now, and Alex was guessing that the boy was a mutant of some kind. Question is... what kind? Were those dogs illusions? No, they were also casting shadows so they couldn't be images. Entities that he pulled forth from nothingness? If that was the case then this boy was really powerful to be able to form two creatures like this... or making dogs was all he was capable of making. Maybe they were real dogs and he was using some sort of mind control on them which resulted in their eyes glowing red. Alex didn't really know. With mutations, there were just too many possibilities.
It was at that moment that the boy's gaze landed on the small piece of malachite that was showing from under Alex's jacket, and asked if they were expensive and if they were made of emerald. Not realizing that his malachite bracers were showing, Alex was taken aback by the question and glanced down at his arm... and sure enough, the bracer was visible. "What? This?" Alex asked in response by pulling the sleeve of his jacket up to his elbow, revealing the entire malachite bracer that was on that arm, which was large enough to go from his wrist to his elbow. "Nah, it's not that expensive. It's only worth a few hundred thousand dollars... but it and the duplicate of it that's on my other arm are very precious to me." Alex stated plainly as he pulled his sleeve back down and crossed his arms over his chest and smiled warmly. "And there isn't enough emerald on this planet to make these things. They are made of a much cheaper gemstone that is far more plentiful, known as malachite." Alex continued, then shrugged as his warm smile turned into a cheeky smirk.
"They also help my handle my greeneyesyndrome." Alex finished as his cyan eyes glowed green for a split second before fading back to their normal cyan color.
As Alex kept his eyes on the girl that was running away in a panic, he was trying to figure out what was making her so scared but he couldn't see anything from where he was. It was at that moment that he heard the voice of a young man cry out that something was harmless, and Alex noticed that it was a male teenager that was a distance behind the running girl... but what was he referencing to when he said they were harmless? Alex didn't see anything from where he was... but then again there was a small mound of earth between the malachite manipulator and the teen aged boy that prevented him from seeing the lower half of the kid. Grabbing his lunch and standing up, Alex finally saw that two large black dogs that were close to the boy. So that's what he was referring. The dogs were big and muscular, and their black fur really made them look menacing. Their red eyes added on a whole new level of creepiness too.
Alex did a double take at the dogs' eyes. Glowing red eyes? Alex had never heard of such a thing with dogs... unless someone was controlling them with a mutation. It was a possibility. It was at that moment that the boy noticed Alex staring at him and started to give an explanation about the dogs, and claimed that they both had an eye condition. "Really? Rather interesting eye condition. I've never heard of one like this before. Clearly it's contagious since both dogs have it. What's it called?" Alex asked as he walked over to the young man and eyes the dogs curiously.
Deep down, Alex knew the boy was lying. Working for several years in a high school full of misbehaving teenagers taught Alex how to read a person's features and see when they were lying so they wouldn't get caught, or so someone else wouldn't get caught. Glancing up at the boy's face, Alex started to run his right hand's fingers along his neatly trimmed beard as he waited patiently for the boy's answer. Having his arm in that position though resulted in the right cuff of his leather jacket to droop a little, revealing a small glimpse of the malachite bracer that was on his forearm.
Sounds good. Hm... maybe Alex would be interested in the sword shop if he sensed a lot of malachite within the shop. Are there any rare pieces or collector items for sale in that shop?
Meeting up at the induction day for the habitat for mutanity sounds good, but when is that starting? The sword shop sounds good too... but Alex isn't gonna have a home to keep any sword in when my current m-drug plot thread is done.
Alex was sitting on a bench on the edge of central park of the great NYC, blankly staring into the city where his pottery shop was located. "Ah... my own little business... complete with my own little home. Darn thing came along with not-so-little problems." Alex muttered to himself as he began to think about everything that had happened when he opened that shop, and what had happened since then. With everything that had happened, Alex had started to wonder if there were cursed places on Earth that always drew trouble... and if such places existed, then his new shop had to be one of them.
The day he opened that shop the malachite manipulator had gotten into trouble, starting off with an M-drug dealer aiming a gun at his head with a shape shifting child in the same room. That was quickly followed up with a self proclaimed goddess entering his shop and insulted Alex to the point that he had nearly tossed her out of his shop. That was topped off with a duel with some woman named Aura behind his pottery shop that resulted in a dislocated right shoulder. His arm was back in place, but he was still really sore there. Now Alex had to look forward to attending the trial for the drug dealer he busted, the possible revisit from the wannabee deity looking for revenge, and a possible rematch with Aura around the corner, Alex didn't want to think what was going on with his life and wanted to take a break from it... but there was no chance in that happening.
Still though, he could try, and he didn't have to go anywhere anytime soon since he brought his lunch with him, a nice and hot lobster stuff filet complete with a tenderly cooked lobster tail all within a plastic container to keep it fresh... he just had to make sure no one took it from him since the place that he got it, Longhorn Steakhouse, was going to stop making them for a time. Besides, lobster was his favorite, and Alex wasn't going to give it up easily. Alex was about to open it up and dig in when he noticed a young girl, no more then 12 years old, running through the park as if her life depended on escaping something. "That's odd..." Alex muttered and put the food down on the bench beside him and kept his eyes on the girl in case she was in trouble. Lunch could wait.
Dude, this idea is great! Here is a goody-two-shoes volunteering to help with building the homes for the poor! Alex's ability to manipulate malachite could easily be use to act as temporary supports for scaffolding until the permanent stuff is in place. He could also cut the boards to their needed lengths, hammer stuff into place, and since he's been a locksmith for most of his life he could be doing stuff for the door locks too! Pal, Alex would want to join this group for good since he's put his life into protecting those that can't protect themselves!
I don't mind a bit of erratic posting. It could be interesting. And I like threads that have a bit of action in them, but I'm also open to threads that are simply sitting down and talking.
Now, about joking here or there with a post or two, I do have a possible thread idea with an NPC... but I would call this NPC a 'bad' guy since this mutant can't control their power quite yet. The idea is that this NPC's mutation allows him make two mutants switch their powers, so Rook would have the thralls while M.D. Haxton would manipulate malachite. The two switch mutants would have to work together to figure out how to control each other's powers while trying to find the NPC that did this to them and get that NPC to switch their powers back to normal... and maybe have to protect that NPC from another group of mutants that also had their powers switch and wand revenge.
Crazy idea, but it could be very funny. What do you think?
Welcome aboard! Hm... Alex is a capable swordsman and can make an array of knives with his mutation, but he's a goodie two-shoes. Seeing the interaction between our two characters would be interesting to see!
