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 Cold Steel on May 10, 2023 5:14:14 GMT -6
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”****ing magic.” Sam groaned. Most of his armor took the brunt of the impact but the damage to his front where the trap exploded was pretty obvious. Ice started to cover burns that were exposed. Wincing in pain he looked down to gauge how much damage.
His toes moved first, then his legs. Fingers next and arms. Everything hurt. It was a small explosion. One that his ice mostly withstood. Mostly. His shoulder was covered in a burn and his shirt around the chest had patched holes in it. The skin behind it blackened with soot. He’d see Doc later. The pain now was motivation.
>>>“Sam! Are you okay?”
”I hate magic.” he said pushing himself out from impacted drywall and broken studs. Thankfully this house seen some years. Water logged, meaning everything was softer... well it could have been softer. ”Where she at? I want to thank her.” he coughed from the impact expelling his lungs to catch his breath.
His thermal sense reached out. His head hurt. ‘Hard to focus. Concussion?’ he thought as he stood upright. Slowly his thermal sense came back on line. She was downed. Meaning Rex put her to sleep. It didn’t matter how. There was a trap. She could have been aware of it.
Placing his hands on his knees he shook his head and took a second. ”That hurt. Need a drink.” he said in response to Rex’s question finally. ”You good?”
The man was desperate, anything to get away at this point. The rounds shot off and the first ice clone took the bullet to the chest and turned slightly as it burrowed in before stopping. Nothing happened. It wasn’t the real icemancer, just a clone. Even when one of the bullets hit the X’s armor it stopped before it did anything.
Magic. It was getting ridiculous now. One of the clones dove for Travis and sailed right over as the man slide off to the side. A beam of blue was shot from the real icemancer as he charged eyeing the blade the man was wielding. He had to assume he couldn’t get touched with that either.
Sveta ducked behind the bench in between all of them dodging the bullets. Good, meant if he had to he could get another boost. Ten minutes left, the mental timer was telling him to pick it up a bit.
>>>”Stand down! I’m NYPD and that is an order!”
Everything this man was saying was just adding to the beating Sam was itching to give him. The icemancer was already skeptical of police officers. Even if he worked with them, for them. Even if he saved their lives. This was always a fear of his. He was saving an ***hole like this.
The air around them got colder. Two hands of blue rose and shot a beam of ice behind Travis. A wall of ice spikes exploded upwards from the ground. The message was clear. No escape and no collateral damage. The wall also happened to push some of the onlookers back and giving them some sort of protection from the officer who was firing hipshots.
There was another knife. ”Make me!”
Sam was already in the air though, one of the clones hefted him into the air as he was going in with a flying kick to the man’s chest. One of the other clones was performing a slide tackle of his own aiming low.
Posted by Cold Steel on May 5, 2023 5:04:57 GMT -6
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Rex told him to stop... the icemancer cocked his head to the side a little bit and eyed the pyromancer confused as to why he wanted Sam to stop. The woman was shaking, terrified. Good, they had someone they were willing to kill to summon a demon. One Sam had already slain, who's to say they wouldn’t try it again at another location. Sam wanted answers.
Upon the man’s spell the air got warmer around them, not just from the spell but because the look he had given Sam. Was that disappointment? It was a look he didn’t see often but knew he might have gone a little far with the threat. It was clear Rex was the ‘good cop’ between them.
The woman looked up finally to Rex, she stopped shaking from the cold and shifted to get out of Sam’s gaze. Her eyes still full of terror she stuttered, “O-o-out back. We have a van a few blocks away...”
”Do what you want with her!” Sam said rushing to the back door and opening it activating a trap spell that was on the other side of the door. There was a small explosion. The door shattered and knocked the icemancer through a wall.
Posted by Cold Steel on May 4, 2023 14:40:17 GMT -6
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>>>”I’ll forget these threats if you just slow your roll and call IA. Handle this in a less destructive manner. No one here wants this to end bloody.”
That wasn’t true. The icemancer was furious. Someone attacked one of his, this was no different than what the mystics did to Becca. He wanted blood. More than he got during the battle for the mansion (which they lost).
The clone stopped and pulled it’s hand back. Sam growled in his frustration the clones mirrored his sound as they all gave Svetlana another moment. SHe already had three minutes and thirty seconds. How much more did she need.
The clock was ticking though, Rime was sure he could handle the man without the boost. His ice powers usually protected him enough from magic. Unless it was the shockwave... or lighting... or an illusion. Svetlana however was gloveless. So worst case he could grab her hand again if needed.
The icemancer was really hoping he didn’t have to wait that long though.
>>>”I wasn't involved in your kidnapping.”
There was a moment where the real Sam turned his head slightly to look at Sveta. She was kidnapped? Why hadn’t she told him. Iris. He was here for Iris... and Mirror.
The clones stood at the ready, ”I’m done waiting!” one of the clones shouted. ”See I really do want to make this bloody.... I’m really ****ing pissed. You choose to remove her powers. That wasn’t your call to make!” they could talk later when they had him in custody. Rex or... god forbid Afoie could help him restrain the magic. They would understand, might even help him.
The clone behind Travis lunged forward as the other clone and Sam charged at Travis trying to encircle and trap him. Only a clone needed to touch him for a second if he couldn’t get his hands on him.
Posted by Cold Steel on May 4, 2023 13:31:48 GMT -6
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The temperature in the air dropped another few degrees as the icemancer waited for the man to comply. He didn’t. Which was why it got colder. Svetlana wasn’t getting through to him either. If he had it his way the man would already be dead. Sam didn’t enjoy killing, but also knew if he didn’t Mirror or Becca would. This was for them, and Iris. They were worth ruining his own life.
”I’d rein that in, friend. You’re threatening an on duty law enforcement officer.”
”Ex-cop when I’m done with you.” he said through his teeth. If they police ever wanted Sam or the X-men working with them again they’d not only can this ***hole but make sure they drop him in a cell somewhere and throw away the keys.
His powers were boosted, meaning the clones had more capabilities in close proximity to the icemancer. “HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD” it took a step closer. “GET DOWN ON THE GROUND!” the second shouted as it too took a step closer to Travis and away from Svetlana.
Despite the frost stopping to a certain point he could still feel a few people in the distance. The X-man didn’t bother looking but started walking closer. The clones mirrored. A few of the people started pulling out phones to record the show. It didn’t matter though. This was justified, and if it wasn’t? Well he’d been in worst predicaments before.
”You are the only one in danger if you don’t comply.” the clones and Sam walked in closer. All of them mirroring each other as they moved all of them ready to attack should he try to make a break for it.
”Last warning!” Sam shouted. The clone behind Travis was the first to reach out to him.
His power spread out the closer he was to them. Sveta was the first to be felt, then Travis. If it was up to him the man would have been dead before the first snowflake touched the grass. It wasn’t though. There was a chance that that he could reverse whatever he did to Iris. Give her powers back.
The icemancer laughed as the man shouted to him to calm down. That was like one of the worst ways to deescalate a situation. Especially after you forcibly altered a loved ones life. “Calm down!?!” one of the clones asked in Sam’s voice as it landed crouched low behind the man. ”Good, then this should be easy!” Sam said as he landed on Travis’s side in the same pose as the first clone. The second clone landed in front of him between him and Svetlana. “Her name is Iris!” yelled the second clone and pointed an open hand towards him. The icemen all acted in unison all pointing their hands towards the man.
The snow fall was becoming heavier. Frost coated the ground and spread out from each one of the icemen. All of it was within his range now. ”Hand’s behind your head and drop to the ground slowly. IF I SO MUCH AS HEAR OR SEE THE START OF A ****ING SPELL I’M STARTING WITH YOUR HANDS AND TONGUE!” all the ice men took one step towards the man.
Posted by Cold Steel on May 3, 2023 5:12:59 GMT -6
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The icemancer leaned against the wall and let out a sigh of relief when Rex finished off the creature. It was beheaded but it was magic. Something Sam still didn’t understand. It sounded like Rex barely knew more than him. Which was why his spell was the final nail in the coffin for... whatever the **** they just killed. ”I’m pretty good at making people talk.” Sam said his finger raising into the air.
It got colder in the room. They were going after the hostage next and the one who ran out the back door but they might be able to head the pair off. ”You know what happens when people get frost bite? Hands? Fingers? Feet? You don’t know you lost feeling till the burning stops. The nerve endings die off. Skin goes black, brittle. Easy to break, impossible to heal. Probably even with magic.” Sam said as he looked from Rex to the woman.
”Now I only met two people who managed to keep their mouth shut during my interrogation process. Both of them can no longer open their mouths.” the air got colder.
”I got it from here, go see if you can find them. We didn’t see any vehicles nearby meaning they are getting picked up or they are on foot.” Sam looked back to the woman.
”Now tell me what your next plans are? Where are they going?” mist started to pour off his finger looking as if it was steaming from the frigid temperatures.
Posted by Cold Steel on May 2, 2023 15:57:25 GMT -6
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Five minutes.... ”Five ****ing minutes.” he said practically in a growl to himself as he paced back and forth after Sveta left him. His powers were boosted, his rage primed and the ****er he was planning on directing it all at attacked the someone who was defenseless and about as innocent as it got. Iris.
The poor kid didn’t even know what was different just that something was. When she grabbed Sam’s hand for the first time since the stealing of her powers and nothing happened... he had to stop himself from breaking down a few times. Not just in front of the kid but Mirror and Becca. They were some of the most important people in his life.
The former assassin had trusted Sveta. Sam chose not to leave anyone there to protect the kids, both students and Iris. He had trusted her. She was to keep them safe. With Haven’s budget and herself.
It was a mistake. His and hers. He wouldn’t make that one again.
His scruff frosted over first.
Five minutes. He could give her that.
Ice started to form around him. A minute passed since she left.
The temperature dropped as he was losing his patience and focus. He was angry. The mansion was gone. His mistake. The ice that fell was the fall of the mansion.
Sam exhaled, his breath rose up as a plume of smoke. A minute and a half.
It started to snow, the grounds started to gain a hue or red and orange as his thermal sense kicked outwards.
Two minutes had passed.
Sam clenched his jaw. Lowering himself to the ground collecting the frost into full body armor. A hand of ice rose up next to him pulling the rest of the identical ice clone of the icemancer out from the frozen ground.
Two minutes and thirty five seconds.
The man he was after was an MRC agent. Trained, most likely has a fire arm or two. Knows he ****ed up good so is probably prepared. Another clone of Sam rose from the ground and mimicked the other clone and Sam’s posture in a crouch.
How many times did Mirror pull him back from the edge? Stop him from getting himself killed? Making a horrible mistake. In more ways than one? How many times did they save the icemancer? Too many, he lost track. Sam couldn’t even protect their little girl. He failed his best friend.
Three minutes.
His powers started to surge, the ice spreading forward from the influence of Svetlana’s powers. Meaning the grass beyond his normal range was started to frost over. Birds started to fly away from the effected area.
It was his fault. His mistakes that caused this to happen.
Three and a half minutes.
”F**k this. GO!” ice pillars erupted from under Sam and the two clones. Launching them high into the air towards where Svetlana was meeting Sam Travis. The one he was about to bring an ice age down upon.
Posted by Cold Steel on May 1, 2023 14:22:48 GMT -6
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The bottle neck happened too late. If Jorge were front and center with him they’d be able to make short work of it but he’d have to deal with it own his own. With Shin, watching Maya he could focus on the fight ahead. Too many mystics were on his lawn and it cost way too much money to keep it up. A mystic shot overhead with fire and he ignored it. A few flew past him and he ignored them. “Air support, looks like there are a bunch of people flying overhead... Carrick, Zek that means you two!”
The front gate was before him, water from the sprinklers turned solid and bent to his will as a beam of blue hit one side of the gate to the other leaving a small pass. It didn’t matter. They plowed right through it and he was face to face with someone the size of Hercules. He was glowing different but still. Muscle heads.
“A little busy at the moment!” he dodged the charge as the man barreled into the fountain crushing the stone surrounding it leaving more water flooding onto the grounds. Ice solidified at his feet. He was far enough away from everyone who was helping or he cared about where he didn’t have to worry about freezing them. One of the benefits with working better alone.
They needed to regroup. Without him killing everyone who was attacking the mansion (something the rest of the team frowned upon) he’d have a hard time battling these numbers alone. A blast of fire hit the wall of ice he just built. Cursing into the communication device, “On my way back Mirror, Sabine how we looking in the woods? Tell me it’s going better than here!”
Throwing himself upwards he grabbed hold of a mystic that was... of course they were flying on broomsticks. Ice traveled up his arm to the mystic that was flying overhead, both started to fly downwards after the ice finished incasing the flying mystic. Sam let go before they crashed into a few other magic users who weren’t paying attention.
Posted by Cold Steel on Apr 25, 2023 9:03:35 GMT -6
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>>>“Help me! He’s going to kill me!”
”Better him than me.” Sam said stepping back and watching his work as the creature was impaled, frozen and bleeding out. It's saliva however was still melting the ice and the creatures fingers still twitched in the dim fire light from the curtain above that he didn’t put out.
The little amount of water that was still at the base of Sam’s feet turned into armor covering his body fully as he circled the frozen creature. Felling the devil’s eyes still on him he formed a katana made of ice and approached to the side. The spikes of ice shifted slightly for the icemancer to walk in closer to take a swing.
>>> “How are you doing, Cold Steel?”
There was a plea for help and Sam ignored it. He walked up the stairs with the creature's head frozen in a block of ice that he carried like a brief case his other hand held the sword over his shoulder. The X-team leader was tired and irritated. The door to the basement opened and Sam walked out dropping the block of ice before Rex and the woman.
”Loaded question. I want a drink and I’m tired. Pretty sure it’s dead.” he said looking over his should ”Still bleeding out down there. But I got the head. That kills it right?” he asked looking to the two mystics. ”You find out where their sacrifice was carried to?” he asked looking to the woman and lowering his sword a smear of black demon blood dripped from the tip.
Posted by Cold Steel on Apr 25, 2023 9:02:42 GMT -6
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This wasn’t the typical scenario for a potential trainee, but then again Lenna wasn’t the typical trainee. She had field experience. It was all the more clear to Sam as he watched her study the situation before making a move. Showed she was smart and cautious. Good, they needed more of that.
”Danger, record the session.” he said to the computer as he chuckled when she gave herself up. That he wasn’t expecting. With her power set she could have moved around the room and taken out the main threat. Then figured things out from there. ”Gawain, isn’t going to believe this.”
He didn’t move as requested. The session would have stopped before she was killed, not to mention if it looked like a bad situation he could just pause the session and risk the wrath of the telekinetic. Gun to the back of the head, for any other potential trainee dangerous. Lenna...
Sam watched it play out.
”No $*^t” smiling smugly as she dispatched both Private Dancer and the shooter quickly and efficiently. The team wouldn’t believe it.
A few minutes passed and Lenna made her way back out to him. The screen was gone now, he waved it away after she left the building. ”Yeah, think that will do. Nice work.” he said shaking his head with a chuckle.
”If it was anyone else I would have yelled at them for throwing themselves into the line of fire so quickly but... I think that’s where you like to be.” they had way too much in common from what Sam could gather.
”You’re more experienced than most of the trainees we got now. Spot on the teams is yours if you want it.”
Posted by Cold Steel on Apr 18, 2023 9:17:19 GMT -6
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”Think I can.” Sam said shifting to the side and opening two burners as he focused on the other two until the bacon was finished. ”How you holding up? Gemma? Kids?” the icemancer looked to the breakfast ingredients Jorge brought and his mouth started to water more.
”You’re right. Wish we could do this everyday.” Sam smelling the food that people started to bring in. Some already cooked some not. ”With what they went through already they deserve more.” he said waving to Shin as he entered weilding a caravan of cooking supplies.
”The bacon debt continues to grow.” he said laughing. An ice clone formed where Sam was standing a second ago and started to maintain the bacon. So he could help Shin with the set up.
Carrick and Praxi arrived next, followed by Liz. The icemancer was already smirking at the interaction between the trainees, new and former. ”You have to ask?” Sam shouted to Mirror holding up a cup of freshly poured coffee then setting th epot down on one of the tables so everyone could help themselves. ”We’ll just make sure she gets a big plate on your way out.”
The icemancer didn’t comment on how tired his friend looked, just smiled and offered him the mug. They could talk later about everything, right now it was about the newest members of the team ”Hey Luna! Glad you could make it, hope you brought your appitite!”
”Any one need a hand cooking or setting up?” the icemancer asked keeping a mind on the bacon the ice clone was tending to.
Posted by Cold Steel on Apr 10, 2023 5:36:06 GMT -6
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The icemancer didn’t know when the water got here or for how long it was here but other than the smell of mold it was a welcome feeling. More material to turn to his favor. Sam exhaled, letting the air escape from his chest, allowing himself to draw in more now that he caught it. There was a faint rumbling and then some splashes of water in one of the corners.
>>>Sam!
Sam turned, bringing the water up as it condensed into ice crystals blocking a plume of acidic spit followed up by maniacal laughter. His thermal sense slowly started to creep back out around him. He could still feel Rex and the others above him, but he didn’t push the thermal readings any further than that. It was the demon he was searching for.
The ice before him started to melt back into the water. The laughter went quiet as he turned his head slightly. His eye adjusted to the light, and he waited for the next attack. There wa a chuckle behind him and Sam turned, bringing the ice up in an arc. The demon hissed out in pain as it was impaled by an ice spike.
”Good... finally caught you.” the demon’s head turned unnaturally towards Sam as it tried to pull itself off of the spike of ice. It spat towards Sam but only met ice as the floor became visible. All the water in the room turned to ice crystals. Spikes erupted upwards on the rest of the creature. It howled.
”Are you breaking?” Sam took a step back as a pile of black blood started leaking out. The creature spat again at some of the ice spikes but more took its place. ”You will.” Sam raised his hand and hit the creature with a beam of blue till the creature started to slow, then stopped moving. ”****ing magic...”
Posted by Cold Steel on Apr 5, 2023 9:40:51 GMT -6
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”Don’t care what your job is! I just need someone who can dispel the magic!” he really hated not knowing anything about magic. A blast of ice hit the form of the demon and it slowed as it was being stuck to the wall Sam had kicked it into.
”Smashing it till it breaks.” Sam repeated and rolled his eye as a jet of acidic vomit erupted from the beasts mouth countering his ice beam. The ice melted and turned to water which Sam willed into spikes that show up into the demon’s side.
Hissing out in pain the creature lunged at Sam knocking the wind out of him and slamming him into the ground that was already weakened from his ice.
Both fell through the floor into the darkness of the basement. With a splash and a grunt Sam landed in ankle high water.
Posted by Cold Steel on Apr 5, 2023 9:23:27 GMT -6
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It had been a long few months, the event that destroyed the mansion (the mystics not the ice) had long passed and the mansionites were in the process of rebuilding. The sound of construction of the residential wings continued. Different contracting trucks sat parked outside as crews of every trade started going to work.
One room however was blocked off, at the request of Sam and the other X-men. It was long overdue but while the mansion was rebuilding so too should the team. With Becca insisting that she was no longer an X-man the icemancer wasn’t sure if she would attend but he sent the invite out to her anyways.
The text read, “Hey, team breakfast. I want to welcome some new members to the roster and discuss where the team goes from here. Hope everyone will bring some breakfast foods. I already started cooking the bacon. See you soon. -Sam.”
While the trainees and members who were about to achieve ‘active’ status on the roster received, “Hey, mandatory team breakfast bring your favorite breakfast food and enough to share. Already started cooking bacon. See you soon. -Sam”
With the texts sent out Sam went back to cooking the bacon. All of it.
