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.
OOC: Mahadevi, feel free to move the Birdman to wherever you need him to be for the next part of the scene, tis fine with me.
It's a good thing I've taken the time to familiarize myself with the city from the air,'[/color] Mariusz thought to himself as he soared over the city in the direction of one of the places that had, generously, been offered as a haven for mutants while all the rioting and violence was going on. If the Czech born mutant had been on the fence concerning announcing his candidacy for Mayor of New York in the days and weeks before recent events he had been given a violent shove off the cliff in that regard. Once everything with the current hullabaloo was over he'd get the proper paperwork filed and submitted to get on the ballot as an Independent candidate.
Tucking his wings he dove the one hundred, or so, feet to the ground before forcing his wings out and coming to almost a complete stop just a few feet off the ground in front of the main gate of the building before touching down lightly. His bow was slung over his back and there were two quivers full of arrows, one down his back and the other attached to his right leg.
Immediately he was approached by someone he assumed to be a guard at the building he was at. "What do you want," the guard asked.
"I am here to offer my services in securing this mutant haven for the duration of the current events,"the feathered mutant said in an ever so slightly English accented voice. "Please direct me to whomever I need to speak to in that regard."
Mariusz considered the answers given by Ty and Tses for a few moments before responding. From what he was getting from them it didn't sound as if the situation for mutants here in the U.S. and New York City was really all that terrible. He had been getting a similar sort of feeling from other people he had been talking to.
"It does not sound to me as if the situation is nearly as bad as what the internet video would make it appear. Perhaps a more appropriate question would be to ask whether or not you think the mutant community would respond favorably to one of their own running for the Office of Mayor," Mariusz asked, striking a bit more at the heart of whether or not he wanted to run for mayor. If the community didn't seem to be in favor of it then he would probably abandon the thoughts of running.
Mariusz was on the verge of asking Kealey a few questions about what it was like to live in New York and what the situation there and in the rest of the United States was like for mutants when Chloe began to talk about her own experiences. The Czech man turned his attention and focus to her as she spoke and remained silent since he thought it would have been rude to interrupt her while she was speaking about her past.
"I am glad to hear that you have found some place where you can belong. I understand that not everyone can have the kind of background that I had growing up," Mariusz said, neglecting to mention much about his own history. Having grown up in as privileged an environment as he had, especially when compared to what Chloe had obviously endured he sensed it would not be appropriate to discuss his own background unless he was specifically asked. Still, he also had to wonder just how much of what had happened to Chloe was the result of being a mutant versus simply the hand she had been dealt by life. Some people were born into privilege, others were born into something considerably less.
"What is the living situation like for mutants here in New York," he asked, turning his focus back to both women and addressing the question to both of them. "And what is it like for mutants in the rest of the United States? Are there any mutant leaders that members of the mutant community look up to, either here in New York city or elsewhere in America?"
OOC: Sorry for the shortness here, but not sure where else to take this, I think it's about run its course.
"I do not really know what else there is to show here," Mariusz said. Of course there was always the Danger Room but Mariusz had been given the distinct impression that the Danger Room was off limits to visitors. He was not altogether sure he was even supposed to know about it as new to the Mansion as he was. "I am, of course, open to suggestions. But I think that the little tour may have reached its conclusion."
"Yes, I can certainly understand why mutants might have some reluctance to trust the police force to conduct an honest investigation in the wake of that rather despicable display," Mariusz replied, passing Melissa's phone back to her across the bar. "Still, if we lose our faith in the system then everything falls apart around us and we have anarchy and mob rule. That is no way for a society to function," the feathered mutant continued, sipping on the drink in front of him as the wheels in his head continued to turn as he began to consider the political ramifications of what he had just witnessed.
"High Tensions among the mutant population are certainly to be expected, but if we respond violence the cause of mutant equality will only be further damaged. What the community needs is a leader, yes," Mariusz asked, arching an eyebrow at Melissa as he polished off what was left of the drink in front of him.
I'm preparing to fly away for vacation for a week starting this Sunday. I may or may not have internet access. If I have access I'll try to post, if I don't... obviously I won't.
"Yes," Mariusz said, turning his attention to Ty. "I think it would be a very good thing for a mutant to run for mayor, even if they were to lose. It would force mutant rights to the forefront of political discussions, especially if that mutant were to win by some miracle." he said, nodding his head. "But, I want to be able to make an informed decision about running and, to help in that process, I have been asking everyone I know to tell me what it is like for mutants here. I want to know, for example, if things like what I saw on ViewTube are common occurrences or not and how mutants from all walks of life live... things like that."
"Really," Mariusz asked, accepting the phone from Melissa and watching the viewtube video was it played, sipping occasionally on his boilermaker. "This is terrible, why did no one do anything about this," he asked, taking another sip of the drink. "Surely someone must have seen something wrong with this." As he was speaking Mariusz was careful to keep his tone low like Melissa's. He assumed she didn't want to advertise the fact that they were discussing the events of the video for some reason and he chose to respect those wishes.
"I would like to hear anything you are willing to share, Tses," he said, turning his attention for a moment solely on her. "I am not seeking to learn all of your secrets or anything like that. Still, anything that you are willing to discuss or show me would be very much appreciated," he continued, leading them down a row of stairs until they were able to find a spot reasonably close to the ice where they could sit together and continue to converse.
The feathered mutant had been rather hoping to avoid a discussion on what he was thinking about doing since he still hadn't fully decided whether or not he would do it. Still, since he was asking questions of them it seemed only fair that he, likewise, be forthcoming with information as well as it would be rude not to. "The decision," Mariusz said, slowly and deliberately, "is regarding whether or not I should run for Mayor of New York City this fall. I would need to get my citizenship by then and accomplish any number of other things, and I doubt seriously that I would win. But, if it draws more attention to the issue of mutant rights then it will be a success."
"That sounds perfectly amenable to me," Mariusz replied, not deigning to offer any sort of response to Sophia's outburst. There would always be some who chose to mock the study of religion for reasons that were their own and everyone was free to have their own opinion. If Sophia was unable to contain her rudeness that was no concern of the avian mutant's until it became so overt as to be impossible to ignore and one small outburst certainly didn't constitute that.
The Czech mutant, with his enhanced vision, caught the tossed key neatly in his hand. "Děkuji," he said, "I will be happy to bring a resume later this afternoon and an office by the end of the week will be perfectly acceptable. With the flying class I am happy to begin teaching whenever it would be most convenient," he continued, really not being a very difficult person to please most of the time.
"Ano, I will return in an hour with the key and a resume," Mariusz said in response to the interview while choosing to remain silent regarding the reference to the Irish mutant that Sam had mentioned. There was no need to prejudice him for, or against, any students yet as that might have an affect on the way those students were treated, even on a subconscious level. He bowed slightly at the waist and retreated from the office back in the direction of his room in search of a change of clothes and a shower.
"Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist you in the project," Mariusz said as he made his way back across the greenhouse in the direction of the group. "Of course, I do not know the first thing about growing edelweiss, but I would not think that the altitude would be a requirement so much as the correct kind of soil and that sort of thing," he said, as he rejoined the group over closer to where they had come into the greenhouse in the first place.
"I am not really sure where else we should go on our tour," Mariusz admitted, shrugging his feathered shoulders. "I am, of course, open to suggestions for places to go to continue."
Mariusz shrugged his shoulders in response to Maya's remark about no one knowing how the Danger Room worked. He wasn't altogether sure it was an honest answer on Maya's part, but he also assumed that being so new to the Mansion perhaps he wasn't yet supposed to have that information so he let it drop. "I know I do not have to pay rent, or anything like that. Still, I wish to do something to earn my keep. Nothing in the world is free, after all."
"Do I always talk like what," he asked, tilting his head slightly to one side and regarding Maya for a moment with his amber colored eyes. "Who else would I talk to about training," he asked, assuming it would probably be in his best interest to train with many different members of the team if he wished to join. More voices speaking up in favor of something, or someone in this case, was never a bad thing.
"I do not think you need to warn me. I wish to hear things from all over the spectrum, that will give me the most complete picture," the Czech man said, shrugging his shoulders. Hearing things from across the spectrum of mutant life in New York City would make the decision he was weighing in his mind much easier to make, or not make as the case might turn out to be. "The tables sound just fine to me, please lead the way."
"As for what I am hoping to learn," he said, turning his attention from Kealey to Chloe, "I would be very happy to hear anything you would be willing to share with me. Of course, I do not wish to give the appearance of prying either," he continued, approaching one of the chairs around the table they were headed towards and spinning it around before taking a seat leaning forward. Sitting on the chair reversed as it was would be more comfortable and accommodating of his wings.
