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.
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 12, 2013 14:05:49 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
He nodded at the explanation of the basic function of the building, the concept of this danger room confused him, in his mind the immediate thought was a bunker or fall out shelter. And that would make sense as they are secure and well built, but strong enough for mutants to practice mutations? he wasn't so sure.
"Well the thing is I have no where to live having just arrived in America today so yeah...." He said then started to trail off to mumbling his mind failed to produce words to describe his situation, he knew perfectly what his situation was and how he got into it but he seamed unable to describe it, in his mind he knew it more a set of emotions rummaging around rather than words and sounds.
He hadn't entirely thought about what was going to happen when he got here, he had no plan of what classes to take if any and no clue as to what he would spend his free time doing. The danger room did sound interesting so he made a mental note to visit that place when possible but past that his mind was drawing blanks on what to do with his life.
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 12, 2013 11:52:57 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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4
Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
That's much better He thought as she stood up and started to turn on her mutation, which if he was right about what he thought it was could be a huge problem. As the strength of his clouds has never really been tested but he was fairly confident that they couldn't withstand an explosion, but the only way to be sure was to try and hope.
"Well personally I like a good fight, helps to blow off some steam." He said letting a slight smile, not the friendly smile but a creepy smirk,which he found works quite well when lit on fire. That being said the smile that she was giving him was quite creepy in itself, with her arms mimicking green flames. he wasn't confident that it was real fire as the previous blasts hadn't burnt him in anyway, but it still looked rather weird.
"Well it looks like we are in agreement, so shall we?" He said as the burn end of his cigarette fell and became part of the swirling clouds below him, from the feel of the clouds they where now up to his mid torso. Which was better than just his legs, and in his opinion more than he needed to deal with this annoying girl. From his past experiences he noted that normally someone broke the stalemate and they normally had the advantage.
So without wasting another moment he made the clouds spin over his shoulder and fly towards the girl, some of the ash he noted glowed slightly where it had spent to much time next to his flames, or it was warmed by the five cigarettes freshly burnt into the clouds. The clouds tore towards the girl covering the distance between them in moments fanning out before her, hoping to bring down an crashing blow.
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 12, 2013 11:22:35 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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4
Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
Good lord she was annoying, he had hoped that once he reached her she would start to be a bit more serious but there she was just being calm and collected. And that was just making him angrier and angrier. even the comment about entertainment that normally he would have agreed, but it just flew into his head and churned him up. noting that she liked to use her mutation to annoy or hurt people and classed this as fun. she definitely was not on the right side of the law.
He was past caring now, in the past he would have tried all of the ways to calm down like counting to ten. thinking of lavender, even meditating. But this time he would just skip straight to the remove the annoyance stage. Feeling the tingling heat in his lungs that always came with his mutation he smiled, If she wants fun I'm going to give her fun. He thought as he felt the ash rise into his mouth, Letting it be exhaled out with his breath to surround him. When no more came out he knew it was time, judging by how much he had let out he had roughly enough to cover half his body, and lightly at that. Reaching into his pocket he brought out four more cigarettes, he really didn't want to do it as he would be running low but he had to little ash.
"So you think fights are fun?" He asked as he made the ash start to swirl around his legs, masking some of the light from his legs as they set alight. In his hand he could feel the cigarettes catch fire and burn down. Once he could no longer hold them comfortably he dropped them to get caught in the ash clouds and be assimilated into them.
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 12, 2013 10:50:41 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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4
Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
OK that's it He thought as he pulled himself off of the sidewalk. In retrospect he should have seen the second one coming but that didn't stop it from knocking him down, onto the dirty sidewalk. Some people and things he could let slide but this one had just made it personal. After all she, at least it sounded like a she, had mocked him and knocked him down with what could only be her mutation.
Looking at the building that she was on top of he noticed a fire escape on the side, he immediately made his way over to the fire escape in the ally. Putting a cigarette in his mouth and lighting it as he walked, the way things looked he didn't doubt that he may need it soon. Once he reached the bottom of the fire escape he was thankful to find the ladder down and ready to use, looking at the building he would guess that it wouldn't take long to climb.
He was right reaching the top took at the max a few minutes but he wasn't the quietest person ever, tripping over multiple trash cans and other unsavory items on his ascent. Having successfully reached the top of the building he looked to where he would guess the girl would be, seeing what he could only guess was her he felt a new wave of anger flow over him.
"And what the heck what the second one for!?" he said not feeling the need to shout, but not hiding the anger in his voice.
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 12, 2013 9:43:55 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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4
Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
The night air was nice, holding a small breeze to it but still a little hot for his liking. Normally he wouldn't have been out this late but the cycle of trying to sleep and doing nothing for hours on end had lost its appeal, so he had decided to try and see some of the city at night. and so far it had been working he managed to keep moving and not run into much trouble.
It seemed to him that finally he might be able to get some sleep. I think I've finally cal- His trail of though was lost as he was knocked backwards by a sudden force on his head. For crying out loud! was one night to much to ask!? He thought angrily.
The feelings of calm had been replaced by the anger he was more accustomed to, he should have known that something would happen. With it being the city that never sleeps someone was bound to try and start something with him, by their choice or his. He decided to look up after all if the force came from his head then it would most likely be dropped on him. Looking up he couldn't see anyone but he did see what looked like a pair of legs swinging down over the edge. He smiled slightly it looked like he had found his culprit.
"HEY, YOU WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!?" He yelled to the pair of legs on the roof, not caring how weird or absurd he looked and sounded.
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 11, 2013 12:19:08 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
Cool, do you have any preferences about how they would meet? like anything to draw them together. I don't really mind anything as Leon spends allot of time trying to vent anger and blow off steam, in whatever way he can.
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 10, 2013 10:56:02 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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4
Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
So he has lost control, and if he said it happens when angry then I may as well tell him, or you could say warn him. He thought as James told him about the times that he had not been able to control it, and how he never has complete control over how it happens. Now it made a bit more sense why he would want to take off his watch when he was getting in any sort of emotional situation.
"Well as long as we are sharing." He begun before clearing his throat so that he could speak properly. "It was one of the first times I had used my power in the sight of other, it was fair to say that they didn't take the news well. Thankfully I chose to use an abandoned house that was ironically burnt down a few weeks before, so the place was covered in burnt wood and coats of ashes." He said before taking a short pause to prepare himself for what he was about to tell him. "Anyway after they knew they got rowdy and shouted freak and names, All I wanted was for them to stop and they did. But not by choice, without meaning to I started to see the ash around their feet rise around them, the burnt logs around them got the ash inside and out of them pulled into the clouds. It sorta looked like the building was fighting them. well lets just say they didn't make it..." He finished with a sigh.
"Oh well at least they stopped making me angry, and like you said we can practice control at some point." He said not unkindly but not with any sort of warmth. He hoped that that last statement served as enough of a warning and not a threat.
Thinking back to that day filled him with feelings of indecision. He saw that as weird as before he would be sad and horrified at what he had done, but since getting thrown out by his parents all of the negative feelings, both about him and others, seemed to have less and less effect on him. And it was reaching the point where pretty soon he was worried that he could kill someone out of annoyance. It wasn't that he didn't want to reach that point as he would gladly take the pain away but, he was more worried that if he reached that point he wouldn't know how to go back from it.
However the real question that plagued his mind once he thought about it was, Will I want to go back from it?
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 9, 2013 10:24:14 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
heya I was just wondering if anyone would be up for a thread around the New York? preferably someone who is from Sanctuary or part of the order, as it has been my intention to have Leon leave the mansion and meeting someone from the other faction who may be more in tune with his "aggressive" side would be an ideal way to start making him think about trying his luck with a different lot
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 9, 2013 8:51:16 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
Oooh boy this could turn south fast. He thought as the waitress politely kicked them out, he partially felt a little responsible for the fact that they where being kicked out, after all it he completely forgot to mention that they might not let mice run around a restaurant but oh well, it would be best not to start something anyway as word may and most likely will reach the mansion. Then he would be in trouble.
"Its alright we'll leave, just give us a sec would ya?" He said to the waitress who after looking at them for a few seconds decided to grant them a little time. Although he could tell she wasn't very happy about it and if they pushed it anymore she would likely get the manager, "I really should have seen this coming, sorry but mice normally aren't aloud in restaurants, well any animal actually. So I suggest we head to the mansion before this all turns ugly, OK?" He said to the girl kindly, after all it would be unfair to make the girl walk to the mansion alone and after meeting her he decided to make sure she got to the mansion safe. And with the day he really started to want to get a cab back, after all he had the money to afford it.
Looking at the remains of his lunch he decided against taking it, it only had the odd bits anyway so there was not much point. He proceeded to stand up and stretch his back out. He had been sat down talking and eating for quite a while so he had a bit of a stiff back, seeing as the chairs in this diner where not the most comfortable of things. After he had gotten rid of the ache in his back he looked at the girl. "Well shall we? if you don't feel like walking I can get us a cab but its your choice." He said, in truth he didn't feel like walking all the way back to the mansion but that would mean that he got more time to speak to the girl and learn about her. But if they got a cab then they would be back faster and easier, so he really was indifferent on the matter.
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 9, 2013 7:35:27 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
This new guy who had just identified himself as Vance was...helping him? that struck him as bit odd but oh well now was neither the place nor time to question it, without a further second being spent he made the ash swirl into his mouth and down into his lungs. It wasn't the wisest thing to make so much ash fill his reserves so fast but he would have to deal with that later. wiping his mouth to make sure that none was around his mouth he looked directly at Vance, "Thanks I'm not entirely sure why you would help me as technically I am now classed as a murderer..." He let his voice trail off at the end, and not by his choice he just couldn't keep his voice working as that realization started to sink into him.
He was in fact now by law a murderer, that itself wasn't that part that made him feel on edge, It was the way people would view him. No longer would he be the kid from England no he would be a murderer, Just another scum of the city. That was if they caught him, after all it was a pretty public event and it had no visible catalyst but it was a shot. Looking over himself to be sure that he was put out, and still not alight he moved towards the ladder now descended and resting on the floor.
Great there is no possible way this could get any worse. He thought as he climbed the ladder, of course he was wrong as the ladder had been rusty and filthy. Once he reached the top of the ladder and stood on the fire escape his hands where covered in grime and small flakes of rust, the rest of the fire escape didn't seem to be in much better shape. Looking around he could clearly see that it was a basic fire escape with little or no objects, minus the occasional trash can or two. Deciding it was a much better alternative than getting brought to prison he crouched behind the two trash cans. The hiding wasn't perfect but it was the best he could do, he guessed he would be hidden to all except the people directly below him.
Lets hope cops can't look up He thought to himself solemnly as he heard a more footsteps approaching rather rapidly.
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 8, 2013 15:41:25 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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4
Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
James story wasn't as boring as he had made out, he found it interesting to hear about how other mutants learn't of their powers and this was no exception. But the one part that really stood out for Leon was the fact that Jame's had only been using his power for five months. That was a small amount of time compared to his two years of use, he had expected Jame's to be fairly new to his mutation possibly a year or year and a half but five months, that genuinely surprised him.
He sat up slightly on his bed starting to pay more attention. "Really? Only five months ago, I started using my powers roughly two years ago. Sure it took me by surprise that you where not as in control of it, but really five months." He said not trying to hide the surprise in his voice. "So you say that it took four days to turn back to normal, Personally only a few things like that has happened to me and well lets just say it didn't turn out very well..." He said letting his voice trail off suddenly regretting that he had let his own surprise reveal so much about the part of his mutation he was unhappy about.
"Anyway other than that one time have you let your mutation get like,out of control?" He asked hoping to steer the conversation away from control, which he was OK at now but the first year had been tough. Once he had said it he realized that asking if James had ever lost control, probably wasn't the best way to move on the conversation away from control.
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 8, 2013 14:11:40 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
First use? Well that'll take some remembering. He thought, from his memories he had been using his power for two years give or take and it was hard to remember just when the first use was. "Well um lets think...OH I remember now. It was a good two years ago outside the walls of Eton, these thugs and gangs had been messing with some of my dorm mates. So I decided to try and take them on, yeah I know look at me it could of only gone well, and it did I got my butt handed to me. But they where smoking so I made the ash on the floor and in there cigarettes rush around me. That scared em off, and I have been practicing ever since." He let out a sigh as he finished his story, thinking back to those times really made him think how different a person he had become since discovering his powers.
Before he had his powers he had been angry sure but never been able to do anything about it. But once he had gotten his powers he had been able to take out the people that made him angry, he could fight back and he loved it the power that he could feel inside, it was great to him and he was grateful to have it. Although he had done things accidentally in the past that he wasn't happy about with his powers, the brief moments when he lacked the control to stop using the power, to stop the clouds choking the men, to stop his flames burning down someones house. Those times where largely behind him now but they had changed him and in some ways numbed him to the outside sources of misery.
He decided to push those thoughts out of his head after all he was here now and so was James, who by the sounds of it was trying to make some general conversation and break some of the barriers down. "So when did you first use your powers? I really hope it wasn't like being hit by a car or something because that would suck." He said adding a laugh to the joke about a car, hoping that the humor would help to make them closer as people.
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 8, 2013 13:46:59 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
In truth he didn't really have any questions about the mansion, he had been told a small amount in his send off letter but past that he didn't really want to know. The comment about there future and what they wanted to do at the mansion was a bit puzzling, after all it was a school but if he got a choice about what he could do he might just take some time to soak in all that has happened.
"Well personally I don't have many if any questions to ask so I'm going to jump the gun. As you know I'm Leon and I can inhale and store ash. As well as exhaling it out again and controlling it with my mind, I also have a tendency to get small amounts of fire shift over my body..." He said letting the last part trail of like it was something he wasn't proud off, or a embarrassing story. After all that part of his mutation he has had some fun with but more often than not it has gotten him into trouble. It wasn't as much that he disliked or resented that particular aspect of his mutation as he has found it useful to fuel his primary part, he was just unsure about it because he couldn't control it like he could ash. The flames where always there. Always.
Once he had finished explaining his mutation he looked over to James, wondering what his reaction would be to it all as he wasn't sure that he knew about it. At least he didn't think he had used his mutation in front of James so he didn't think he could know. Unless he has telepathy in which case that's cheating and rude.
Posted by Leon Chase on Jul 8, 2013 10:34:30 GMT -6
Delta Mutant
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Nov 26, 2013 13:03:42 GMT -6
The comment about his mutation was a pleasant surprise, It was normally greeted with suspicion or trace amounts of fear. And some of the things he had used it for where not pleasant or exactly legal. But the comment on it was nice to receive, then she asked about what else he could do with it and his limitations which given the comment he was not about to refuse her an answer. "Um, well I'm not entirely sure how much but I would say allot more than I can hold in my lungs, and although I do get covered in flames so far nothing has happened so no, no explosions." he said keeping with the smile.
So far he was thoroughly enjoying his conversation with this girl and her mice, but there was a tugging sensation at the back of his mind that was telling him to get moving after all it would be a decently long walk to the mansion. He decided to push it out though given the fact that he wasn't done explaining some of the mansions quality's and he would only leave when the girl did.
He nodded at the comments about the mansion's other places. "Yeah it has those, at least I think it does, but anyway yeah you don't have to stay cooped up in the same place. Take today for example I decided to take a walk around the city and no body stopped me." He said, understanding the fact that she may not want to stay inside all the time, he was like that in some way. Not liking to be told what to do or being forced to stay at a place.
"Of-course there will be some paper work and rules to abide by whilst there, but nothing to serious like at the moment I just live there." He said wondering if someone had explained to her that the mansion had multiple types of people there. Some people who wanted to use it as a home and some as a school, and those in-between. Although looking at her and the way she acts, he thought she would fit in just fine.
