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.
Dahlia's features visibly brightened, literally in the case of her colors, as Sky agreed to come with her to the Sanctuary. A new friend! Why she could almost forget she was a freak if she had friends! So bringing a new one back to the Sanctuary was awesome. Plus maybe it sorta paid forward her own debt for being brought there in the first place? After all, Dahlia would never have found the place so quickly if it weren't for Kaitlyn. If she ever got the beads and such to make jewelry again Dahlia swore that she'd make a pretty bracelet for Kaitlyn. And as an extra bonus Sky seemed much happier now. She was smiling and everything! Dahlia eyed the side of the building where the fire escape stood with one eye.
"A club for non-human looking mutants? That sounds so cool!" Dahlia nodded to Sky when asked whether she had a way down or not. "Yup! I'll just climb down the way I came up! Meet you at the bottom!"
With that Dahlia scampered over to the side of the building as quickly as her scaly feet could carry her. With a tiny jump she was climbing back down the side of the building in the same manner she had come up. One minute down the building and another to the end of the alley and Dahlia was ready to lead the expedition to the Sanctuary.
It was kinda cool. It didn't make up for being a freak but being able to see ultraviolet was sorta cool. Really though Sky was lucky. At least she still looked human. Dahlia couldn't even claim that. She was just an overgrown animal now. Hiding her sadness behind a facade of happiness was easy enough. You had to look like you were in charge or they'd target you. So when Sky apologized for being a little sad Dahlia just waved it off.
"No problem! I mean, mutants like us have it harder than the normal ones. Everyone gets sad and we deserve to be sad a little more often because of that."
Dahlia looked at Sky. She really was fun to look at but Dahlia's gaze didn't stay too long. She shivered again and as she did got an idea.
"Say, did you wanna go see the Sanctuary for yourself? I gotta go back soon anyway and we could ask someone about those murder rumors. I really don't wanna stay there if murders really have happened there!"
Though Dahlia wasn't sure where she would go if she left the Sanctuary. Back to the streets probably. There were plenty of people she could steal a meal from.
"Of course it's totally ok if you don't. I mean we just met and all. It's just that you're the first mutant I've met that didn't look like all the other humans out there and it's kinda nice being around someone else like that."
Oh goodness she'd just went on a babbling spree again. Dahlia took a couple of breathes and hoped that Sky wouldn't connect her current bright red color with her emotions!
Dahlia bobbed her head enthusiastically to Sky's somewhat less sure pronouncement of her ability to change colors being cool.
"I can't actually change the colors themselves yet but I can change the patterns. I don't know if I can actually change the colors myself. It hasn't worked so far but you never know!"
The follow up question about her eyes had Dahlia swiveling her eyes this way and that just to show off. One eye eventually fixed on Sky and she gave the other mutant a close mouthed smile, or something that came close.
"Not really but the change in colors was weird for a little while. I looked it up in the Sanctuary library just the other day. I can see ultraviolet!"
She hadn't known what the extra colors meant until she'd looked it up. All she'd known was that everything was a lot more colorful after she'd changed. The wider range of vision had been weird at first too. It took a little bit for Dahlia to break out of the habit of just looking ahead of her because that was what she was used to. Being able to see in every direction around her was so much more useful. On the subject of the murders Dahlia shrugged.
"I dunno. I sure hope so. That's just scary to think about! People aren't supposed to kill other people. It's mean and the bible and the law both say it's bad!"
Sky seemed to get really sad and Dahlia forsook her patch of sunlight to go over and sit in front of the other freak.
"Most people are good most of the time! It's just that this is a big city so there's gonna to be a lot of mean people too. You'll find someone nice soon I'm sure!"
Dahlia was sure of that. People were good. She was as sure of that as she was sure that she and Sky were freaks among freaks.
Wow so Skydancer had been a mutant for years? That was amazing. Dahlia couldn't imagine that. Though apparently Sky felt the same way Dahlia did. Sure having powers was cool for some folks but looking freakish really did suck. Dahlia nodded and her skin took on a mostly dark blue hue that it rarely sported.
"Yeah, not the greatest. But at least I don't have to do laundry and I never have to worry about what to wear!"
Dahlia did her best to sound cheerful and upbeat. Sure she sympathized with Sky but Sky didn't need to know exactly how much. Besides, all to quickly Sky was asking about the Sanctuary. That suited Dahlia fine. She spun in place in an effort to seem random before answering.
"If I've seen her then I've never been introduced to her. I'm still really new there."
Both of Dahlia's eyes swiveled to focus on Sky when she mentioned murders happening near the Sanctuary. Murders?! That was very bad and very scary! She really hoped that there weren't such things happening near her new home!
"Um, if there are I haven't heard about them. But I'm still really new there. I hope it's not true. Murders, that's scary!"
Dahlia shuddered, both from the waning light and the mere idea of people being killed near the Sanctuary. The people at the Sanctuary had been really nice to take her in. She didn't want them to get killed!
Pointing at the satellite dish hadn't really done anything to explain how Skydancer had gotten up here but Dahlia wasn't going to press her for an explanation. Maybe those tube things did more than attack? Thinking about it was pointless as Skydancer nodded to Dahlia's explanation for moving as though it were the most obvious and normal thing in the world. The question about whether she'd always looked like that caught Dahlia a little bit off guard but after a minute or two she shook her head. What was a confession of monsterhood between fellow weirdos right?
"Nope! Happened a little over a month ago, at dinner. Mom and dad didn't take it so good so I ran away. Lived on the streets up until a little while ago when a nice girl named Kaitlyn took me to the Sanctuary! It's a nice place."
Even if they were a little too enthusiastic about being mutants, the Sanctuary was a nice place. At the least Dahlia was grateful for the free bed and food.
"So what about you?"
This was like mutant show and tell right? So now that Dahlia had told Skydancer about how long she'd had her mutation, Skydancer could do the same right? One of her eyes always remained on Skydancer while the other surveyed the area around her. And hopefully Skydancer wouldn't ask why Dahlia was staying close by because she didn't want to have to admit to her bad hearing at all!
Purple tubes shot out of the other person's wrists at Dahlia's enthusiastic greeting. Maybe she should have let the other person know she was there first? Just as she was about to duck the tubes stopped and the other person, Dahlia thought she was a girl like her, seemed to stare at her for a moment. The feeling was mutual. Whoever this person was she was the oddest mutant that Dahlia had met other than herself. They were clear purple but the purple tubes ran all over and were some sort of attack? It was really strange so Dahlia let herself stare too.
"It's ok. I should have let you know I was here."
Dahlia grinned and flexed her two fingered hands at the new mutant.
"I was pretty good at climbing before this. Now I'm even better! Didn't even have to use the stairs!"
She feigned swelling with pride over the accomplishment. Keeping one eye on the other person's face and the other on the extended hand, Dahlia cocked her head to one side. She hadn't really shook hands since her hands had changed. Still, she extended her hand to Skydancer so that the other girl could grasp it and shake it.
"I'm Dahlia!"
After the brief handshake Dahlia moved so that she was once again in the sunlight as the feeble rays shifted.
"Cold blooded. Gotta keep warm."
She didn't seem apologetic at all. Nope, Dahlia just sounded like she was explaining something.
It was very nice to have a real place to sleep instead of trying to find someplace either warm or with a large enough hole to let in the sun. Dahlia was immensely grateful to Kaitlyn for bringing her there. However despite the very obvious pro-mutant sentiment there, Dahlia still wasn't comfortable. Oh the rooms were very nice! Nicer than she'd expected since it was described as a homeless shelter actually. The people were great too. But Dahlia still couldn't wrap her head around the real pride most of the residents seemed to have in what they were. She could fake it and did so that no one tried to cheer her up. However the fact of the matter was that she looked monstrous so why should she actually be happy about that?
Being uncomfortable with that atmosphere, Dahlia had left for the day. She did that fairly often. It was easier to endure the stares and slurs of strangers on the streets than to stay put in the Sanctuary either be told to be proud or see so many examples of it. Being out in the city made it easier to remind herself that being like this was normal at all and probably not a good thing. Despite the dour thoughts the 13 year old chameleon girl was thinking she maintained a mostly cheerful outward disposition. Her skin was mostly yellow with only a few dark blue spots here and there. Dahlia just pretended that they weren't there or that she'd put them there as decoration.
A bright idea occurred to her and the blue lessened a bit more as she shifted the pattern of her colors so that the spots of blue were aligned in a line down her tail. That way they looked like they were meant to be there! With that little detail taken care of Dahlia shivered as she squeezed between a couple of guys. The sun was going down and she wanted to catch the last little bit of sun before nighttime forced her to return to the Sanctuary. Spotting a two story apartment building, Dahlia darted down an alley once she spotted the fire escape attached to it's side. As good as she was at climbing it really wasn't any challenge for her to scramble up the fire escape without even having to use the stairs. She did spot a kid staring at her from the alley entrance at one point but Dahlia was focused on getting up on the roof.
Once there she had only basked in the few bits of sun for a moment before realizing that there was someone else up there. Someone that looked just as strange if not stranger than she did.
"Hi!"
Dahlia's exclamation wasn't entirely full of false cheer. Meeting someone as weird looking as her made Dahlia feel a bit better about being a freak among freaks.
They managed to get to the exit that the mutant cop pointed out for them pretty easy. Though Kaitlyn nearly got smacked by the wooden barrier and Dahlia's horns got caught on it for a moment. But they got out and that was the important thing! They were out of the mall and now the mean cops couldn't catch them and hurt them! Dahlia had Kaitlyn to thank for that so if she thought that this Sanctuary place was the best place to go then that was where Dahlia would go. It would get her off the street and she might not even have to steal! That was a very nice thought.
"Um, would they really take me?"
Kaitlyn was a normal looking person after all. What if they only liked normal looking people? Dahlia didn't want to get there just so they could laugh at her for being a monster. She'd kept saying 'us' so maybe Kaitlyn really meant it and they'd take her in but Dahlia just wasn't sure. Who would want to have a big lizard around? She didn't even look remotely girlish anymore!
"I mean, uh, sure!"
Dahlia perked up. No one liked a mopey lizard. Entirely justified or not she needed to act happy. So act happy she would! Dahlia would go to this Sanctuary place and then she'd have a bed and food and wouldn't have to thieve anymore! Maybe she'd even get to make a pretty necklace for Kaitlyn as thanks!
There was that word again, us. Dahlia wasn't sure it meant what Kaitlyn thought it meant. Whatever Kaitlyn could do it would never make her like Dahlia. Kaitlyn could blend in with the normal people. But whatever, someplace to live would be nice! Finding warm places had been difficult sometimes. Not having to worry about that would be good. When the wait echoed through the garage Dahlia didn't even have to turn around. It was quiet down here so her hearing better. Her eyes swiveled backwards and locked onto the man and kept him in sight of one eye or the other while she turned around with Kaitlyn.
The guy seemed to be focused on Kaitlyn more than her so Dahlia kept quiet. Whoever he was he was giving them a way out and Dahlia was thankful for that. No matter what was going to happen Dahlia's eyes kept darting this way and that. Her ability to move her eyes independently was one of the few good things that turning into a monster had given her. Practically nobody could sneak up on her now!
The guy even went and told his other cop buddies that they were there! Maybe he was a good cop. With one eye on him and one eye on Kaitlyn, Dahlia spoke up quietly.
"Uh, thanks mister."
Reaching over to Kaitlyn, Dahlia poked at her gently with two taloned digits.
Dahlia tilted her head to one side. Sanctuary? It sounded like a good place but Dahlia hadn't heard about it before today. Maybe it was a special place for mutants?
"Um, what is the Sanctuary?"
If she was going to go there then she wanted to know what it was. If it wasn't a nice place then she'd just pick a new place to be homeless in instead. Just because she was a bad girl because of the stealing and the explosions didn't mean that she wanted to be around other bad people. The free food and library and pool table sounded nice. Especially the free food. Dahlia wouldn't have to steal anymore if she went there! But if it wasn't a good place with good people she didn't want to be there.
Meanwhile Dahlia's eyes were darting this way and that. The promise of a place with free food hadn't distracted her entirely from the fact that they were running away from mall cops, something else that made Dahlia a bad person. She wanted to be sure she could see them if they showed up. Hearing them would be difficult after all so she looked around a lot instead.
I will happily offer up my stable of characters for the choosing. We've already got plans for Saph/Drew stuff but I wouldn't mind more Mina could thread with either character but she'll be blind so action will be interesting and most definitely difficult for her. And Dahlia...would be caught between lecturing Saph and cheering him on for beating up bad guys and would consider Roach a giant walking snack!
Right there. A luscious looking treat was just waiting for her. Right within her grasp. Dahlia's tongue flicked out faster than the normal eye could see. When the guy at the next table glared at her for taking the bagel she shrugged and became red.
Dahlia nodded and let out a breath she didn't know she'd been holding. Mean artist man understood! That was good because it meant she didn't have to lie. And even better, mean artist man was going to pay for today's meal! That meant she could take some of the mean lady's money and save it for tomorrow's meal! Dahlia wouldn't have to steal tomorrow! That made her very happy and her skin switched from embarrassed bright red to a bright yellow. Maybe he wasn't such a mean artist man after all?
"Yeah, I don't have much right now. Gotta move every few days or so so the cops don't find me. They'd take me back to my parents and I don't think they want to see me."
She smiled at artist man before remembering that that expression had creeped out a lot of people so she stopped smiling abruptly.
"That would be really nice. Maybe you aren't so mean after all!"
She didn't know artist man's name. Talking would get funny if she didn't know it. Or maybe just thinking. She shook her head and looked back at the artist man.
"So my name's Dahlia! What's yours?"
Nice and chirpy. It wasn't too hard to pull off right now. The prospect of not having to steal tomorrow was a very very nice one.
There were a lot of people staring at her as they ran where ever the red head was taking them. It was uncomfortable but Dahlia put up with it and made it seem like she basked in the attention. Oh she heard what they said. Some of them weren't so quiet about it. Clothes were really uncomfortable to wear now. They never fit right and it took her a lot more time to get them put on with her new hands. Dahlia had hid a lot in the first couple of weeks but learned to deal with it. Unfortunately the exit that the red head got them to was blocked by a mall cop. So they went somewhere else and didn't speak until they got in an elevator.
"Dahlia. Nice to meet you! And thanks for this."
Just 'cus she was moping was no reason to be rude! Dahlia perked up as she introduced herself and tried to look as confident as she could. Her new friend's name was Kaitlyn. And surely she had to be Dahlia's friend because you didn't risk making the police mad for someone that wasn't a friend! It was simple logic! Dahlia was happy to have made a friend, even being as weird and bad as she was. The happiness went away when Kaitlyn asked where Dahlia would go after this.
"Uh, I don't know. Get my things and move again I guess."
Maybe if she played it cool, like moving around and being homeless was natural, then Kaitlyn wouldn't dig too deeply. Dahlia hoped so. She didn't want her new friend to realize just how ugly and bad she was.
The cops weren't nice guys?! But that was what her mom and dad always told her!
But they were the same mom and dad that shunned her for turning into a lizard....
Maybe they were right to do it. Dahlia certainly didn't like being a lizard. It only seemed to cause trouble. It made her parents hate her. It made people be mean to her. It even got people hurt! Nope, being a mutant wasn't a good thing at all. So if the cops didn't like mutants that made them bad guys. Maybe good bad guys? Or bad good guys? Oh it was confusing.
Red head's answer to her question about where they'd go made her go all dark blue. Home huh? Dahlia didn't have one of those anymore.
"Oh...home....ok."
It was hard staying chirpy all the time. So Dahlia dismissed her lack luster answer because she'd just wave off any questions. The red head didn't seem like she was too interested in asking questions anyway. They were moving again already shortly after Dahlia had answered.
Mina could thread with either character but she'll be blind so action will be interesting and most definitely difficult for her. And Dahlia...would be caught between lecturing Saph and cheering him on for beating up bad guys and would consider Roach a giant walking snack!