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.
Serena smiled weakly to the man. 'Worn' was one way to put how she felt... another would be completely naked, or drained, or zombified.
She smiled at his introduction. And she then followed politely with her own. "Pleasure to meet you Drew. I'm Serena." She began to radiate a wonderful smile. "Sam's nice, he is my self defense teacher." Serena added.
Serena's thoughts were interrupted by the noise of the oven timer going off, Drew then quickly spun around and began to remove a cake from the oven, set it aside to cool and then put more muffins into the oven. Serena was impressed by the speed with which he did so, she assumed that he probably did this often.
He then took a bite out of a muffin he had already made and offered her one. She grinned and retrieved a muffin. "Thank you!" Serena commented as she happily munched down the muffin. As she had finished, the last of the missing colour returned to her face.
She then giggled slightly. That was a really good blueberry muffin... "Wow... you are an amazing baker." Serena murmured in a sweet tone.
Serena was surrounded. Flashes of steel, blood everywhere. Serena screamed. A blue glow radiates through the night air, blood floats, a flash of blue and red. They approached her, yelling at her, a hooded figure laughs. A river of blood flowing across the concrete.
Serena flung herself awake, and nearly screamed. She caught herself just in time, putting a hand over her mouth, remembering that Liz was asleep just across from her. She felt the cold beads of sweat dripping down her body slowly.
She quickly threw on a tank top and some trousers and left the room quietly. She felt dizzy as hell. As if she had actually just used her power. She slowly moved groggily through the corridors. She knew where she was going, the kitchen.
As the even paler than usual girl moved into the kitchen, she saw a man, with black hair and a scarred looking body, slaving over the kitchen counter, baking? She wasn't sure, everything was still spinning.
Serena gave a nod to him as she stumbled in and then immediately poured herself a glass of water and downed it. She took deep breaths and slumped against the counter. "Hi... there...." Serena was panting, she still looked pale and shaken, but it appeared to be fading.
Serena nodded as he spoke. She then chuckled at his comment about his eye patch. She wasn't planning on commenting on it as it wasn't really any of her business, and also she didn't really see how it effected his ability to teach, or for that matter him as a person.
Serena mentally noted all of the punches he had mentioned. She smiled at his saying that she had to have them memorised by the end of the day. She knew she most probably would have them memorised.
She thought about what he had asked for a moment... What exactly was her "Stance"? She had no idea... After a moment or two of debating, she just reverted to how she would assume she would get ready to fight.
She stood with her legs split, for ease of movement, and her arms, close enough in for her to dodge or respond to whatever attack a person would throw at her...
"Like this?..." The uncertainty was clear in Serena's voice.
Serena listened to Sam's advice about momentum and watched him closely, noting how he moved his muscles and joints as he threw his punch. She didn't like how aggressive this all was, but learning how to defend herself, or others for that matter, was definitely worth it.
She nodded slowly to him and began to replicate his movements to the letter. She mentally smiled, her talent for being a quick learner was coming in more and more handy every single day.
She threw punches, but they seemed to flow better, they had more force behind them, yet Serena felt less recoil from the actual punch itself, Sam really seemed to know what he was doing, although you would suspect that the self defense teacher would know what he was doing.
She smiled to him as she continued to punch "Where'd you learn all this, if you don't mind me asking. 'Cause you seem to really know what you are talking about." Serena was actually beginning to enjoy herself.
Serena smiled and nodded to Elizabeth as they moved through the mansion, She pointed out several rooms, Serena tried to memorize them, but suspected it would take more than a day to get completely used to the mansion's layout and know were everything is.
She sort of knew her way to the kitchen, as Emerald had led Serena and Victoria a few nights previous. Serena wondered how Victoria was doing... She should go and see her when she becomes properly settled in.
Serena and Liz moved into an empty kitchen. Serena smiled.
She thought about Liz's comment for a second and then realised that she really did not mind what they ate. "I don't mind, so why don't you decide and I'll help you cook it." Serena turned her head slightly and gave a warm smile.
She had been known at her last high school for her signature smile. She wondered what the people at the mansion would think of her odd smile... It had become used so often that it was practically second nature to her.
Serena giggled at Regan's compliment, she really enjoyed her feline friend's company. Serena felt the warm morning sun wash over her as she trimmed the plants with her friend, days like this were so rare this time of year, so she was glad that she was at least doing something sort of outside.
She smiled as she began trimming the new load which Regan pulled onto the table "I'm glad I decided to come and see you today." Serena actually felt quite at peace around these plants, it was odd, she had never thought of herself as the gardening type, but this was actually quite pleasant.
She wondered how much Regan enjoyed this job? She seemed to love it, maybe that is why she was hired. She then wondered if it was Gemma who had hired her. She had seemed rather nice when they had met the night after Serena had arrived, she had also been the one to officially accept Serena into the mansion.
This thread lists Serena's threads to the date it was last updated, it follows her timeline from top to bottom being oldest to most recent in her timeline, if a thread is tagged "((Complete))" it means that Serena's part in said thread is finished. If a thread is not marked as such, it is either still in progress, or for whatever reason was never completed, be it my absence, or the absence of the other writer for too long.
Of those bound by blood (Victoria) -Serena encounters Victoria in the hallways at night, and helps her with her hunger by feeding her blood. ((complete))
A bad case of hiccups (Kaitlyn/Amelia)-Serena meets a wonderful young girl named Kaitlyn, who is making things explode! She also meets Amelia again, and loses lots of blood due to debris. ((Complete))
Bloody lost again (Serena/Leon)-After helping Leon out and guiding him towards the mansion, the duo encounter another British teenager, also lost on his way to the mansion. ((Complete))
Forest snowglobe (Serena)-Serena encounters snow in the fall... And a mutant to go with it! ((Complete))
Dojo a-go-go. (Serena)-Serena is invited to an Aikido dojo with Amelia, the have an extremely nice chat and Serena thouroughly enjoys Amelia's company. ((Complete))
Birthdays, Skates and Ice (Amelia)-Returning the wonderful surprise that Amelia brought by visiting Serena on her 18th birthday, Serena invites Amelia out for hers for some ice skating.
Corner after corner, the ash and remains of a city long since destroyed crunched under Serena's feet. This figure never seemed to tire, could that be its mutation? Was it a mutant? That might account as to why that it seemed to be the sole survivor of this horrible event, whatever it was.
It ran into a familiar looking building "hey, waiiiit!" Serena was determined to catch this person and interrogate them. As they sprinted into a very familiar lobby, Serena felt another wave of deja vu.
The figure started running up the stairwell. Serena followed.
Serena resumed chasing the figure after stopping a second to catch her breath. The figure didnt seem to be going too far, always staying within her sight, but just out of her reach. It was frustrating, there was also something that was extremely familiar about the figure, Serena couldn't quite figure out why though.
The pair of them dashed through streets that were bathed in moonlight and ash and blood. It made Serena feel a little dizzy, she wasnt quite sure why though. Maybe it was because she had the ability to "control" blood...
The buildings, the city, it was all in ruins. What was going on here? Serena thought that something must have gone horribly wrong, and that hooded figure could possibly hold the answers which she sought.
Serena smiled and nodded and stared for a moment as Liz turned around and changed... then she realised she was staring and gave herself a mental slap, she turned and removed her lingerie and began putting on some underwear, yes that was a good start. Don't stare at the naked Roommate, that would not be good manners.
Serena quietly giggled realising that she was having a mental argument with herself about manors with a female roommate. She pulled her underwear on her and stood over her suitcase, looking into the pile of clothing which resided within. She found a pair of Jeans and a simple sleeveless top, it was actually quite warm inside, so that should do just fine.
She set out some shoes as well and then put on her trousers and heard Liz question if she was ready, as Liz turned around Serena pulled her top over her, a flash of unusually pale skin would be caught by her roommate eyes.
She finished pulling her shirt down, it was comfy. She turned to her roommate with a very warm smile. "Give me one sec to grab something." Serena's hands drifted to her suitcase, she found what she was looking for, her old blue hair pins, but next to them rested a box with her new blood red ones.
She reached for them but froze. She didn't like how the power reminded her of a part of herself that she would rather didn't exist. She grabbed the blue hair pins and stuck them in her hair. "Alright, lets go." Serena said sweetly.
Serena nodded to his comments and then watched in amazement as a dummy was generated out of thin air by the computer. It was astonishing. She had never seen anything quite like it, did her want her to fight that thing? Practice by hitting it?
He answered her unspoken question. She nodded to him "Alright."
Serena stood to the side slightly, making sure she was balanced, she then tensed her arm and jabbed into the air, aiming beyond what was not there, forcing herself to punch with all her momentum (Which was not much) She sighed after a few repeats.
"My brother always said that you should use your own momentum to your advantage, and sure, he might have been able to punch like a boxer, but I seem to have zero momentum..." Serena carried on punching the air, waiting for her teacher to intercede, she suspected that he would come to similar conclusion that she had.
Maybe she just wasn't meant for fighting? Surely not being able to throw a decent punch was a good sign of that.
Serena was actually a little bit shocked from the whole situation, as Katrina began to run after the hooded figure dashing like a pro sprinter ahead of the two of them, Serena began to run after her, if he was stealing blood, he might be dangerous, Serena couldn't let Katrina get hurt by him!
As Serena struggled to keep pace with the two of them, Katrina turned back and yelled at Serena.
Serena responded with a shake of her head, the man dived through a man-hole cover with astounding speed, he was out of their reach now. Serena looked back to see the sorry state of the blood that had fallen out of the van. She gasped.
People needed that blood! Oh god, blood everywhere, she had to keep calm, otherwise she might accidentally use it with her mutation. "Katrina! The blood!" She yelled to the other girl, pointing to the growing mess at the edge of the van.
Serena wondered why Shin had been stumbling around and appeared to have no balance or sense of direction, as Gemma moved away from Serena and explained her jaw dropped "I've never heard of anything like that befo-" As Serena moved away from Gemma and towards the table with the cookies it felt as if a bag of bricks was dropped on her shoulders.
The wind was knocked out of her for a second. Then she shook herself off and looked back to Gemma "Sorry, I guess it must effect me too." She said between breaths. She slowly moved to the table and picked up a cookie and then nibbled on it.
Taste filled her mouth. This was the first thing she had eaten since lunch yesterday, and it tasted great. "These cookies are great! You're an awesome cook Gemma!" Serena said with a colourful smile on her face.
Serena was unsure of quite how to respond to Rebecca's comment, she looked a little embarrassed, infact she began to colour a distinct shade of crimson "I... Urm.... Uh.... Yeah, I don't think that'll happen, I never seem to meet anyone that I like in that way, even if I did, I somehow doubt they would like me back..."
Serena was even more confused about how to respond, how did she explain what she could do without scaring her... She went ghost pale, a large contrast to her earlier redness "thing is Rebecca, my mutation is sort scary, to me as well as other" Serena looked a little upset, she didn't like her mutation, she didn't even like talking about her mutation.
She realised that she was probably being rude, she looked embarrassed again. "I'm sorry Rebecca, I didn't mean to be mean, it's just, my power scares me..." how did she always get herself into these sorts of situations?
Love the second shammy!