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.
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Sam waved her on when she asked if he was ready. He had been ready ever since she interrupted his training program to point out she and Older Sam was better. Something he still didn’t believe.
No damage… did that mean he couldn’t actually disarm then. Guess that meant no sword then. She was already limiting his abilities. If he couldn’t kill that limited them further. They were just training holograms after all. His eyes shifted from the scoreboard to the thirty in front of him and Serena. His eyes shifted from one opponent to the next. He heard the countdown and he started.
Sam’s hand started to glow blue, ice shot out and layered the ground near the targets. Running as fast as he could (yes he was taking this more than seriously) Sam ran towards the closest opponent and slide taking out his legs. During his opponents fall Sam willed the ice from the ground up the man’s torso where it froze him and his limbs in place.
”One!” Sam called as he started to the next shooting a beam of ice as he ran passed and stopped at another. It would have been far easier to remove the arms and or kill, but seeing as Serena thought older Sam was better he did his best to show off. Some attacks flasher than others.
Posted by Cold Steel on Feb 3, 2020 14:57:00 GMT -6
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There was enough frost on the ground now to give someone a little intimidation this woman apparently didn’t care though. Sam’s eyes locked to the woman in front of him who made his wallet disappear into her body that he was now noticing was glowing greenish. He couldn’t tell at first but now it was becoming clearer the more he stared.
He smirked and shrugged, ”Not always, it makes it more fun that way. Say something corny and by the first cup of coffee you can’t get enough of me.” he lied as took a small step forward. ”Step one hit on girls.” Sam nodded his head agreeing. ”Step two get my wallet back.” the frost started to shift from the grass to his feet. ”Step three take it easy on glowing green girl so she’ll entertain the idea of giving her number.” Sam said his hands flexing on his sides.
”You really think I won’t have a problem reaching back there for my wallet?” Sam asked trying to call her bluff. ”Like I said, money isn’t a big deal, wallet is.” Sam stepped forward and made an attempt for his wallet with his hand outstretched. ”Sorry in advance.”
Posted by Cold Steel on Feb 1, 2020 9:14:55 GMT -6
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The icemancer lowered his hand when she responded it seemed clear that she had no intention of returning it now. ”What kind of thief willingly sticks around to taunt the man she just pilfered?” Sam responded in kind eyeing the woman.
”See that’s a real shame, I think you and I could get along well enough. How about I buy you a drink for the return of my wallet.” he didn’t need the wallet nothing was important in there anymore. Money and cards sure, he had plenty of both and if she was a good thief she’d know to stay away from cards. Far to easy to be caught with them there was a bit of money in there though. There was also a picture of him smiling ear to ear with his toddler brother Dom. A photo that lost its value seeing as his brother was indeed alive and not dead like he previously thought for all these years.
”Or one better, you can take me out for a drink with my money and I’ll try to learn a name out of you.” he said with a smirk. It seemed the woman wanted some kind of interaction with him, he just didn’t know what kind yet. She knew him targeted him and then stuck around to talk. ”Or, I can always take it back.” he smirked as the ground around him started to frost over.
Posted by Cold Steel on Feb 1, 2020 9:04:19 GMT -6
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Gawain, Gawain, Gawain. Every woman in the mansion seemed to be either dating him or wanting to date him. Sam tried his best to hide an eye roll at the mention of the reflection jumper, even if they were supposedly best buds in his old life Sam didn’t know him and didn’t see what was so special. ”Fair point.” Sam agreed as he sidestepped her so she could get into the freezer. He also made a mental note that the red head was off limits so try to keep the flirting down to a minimum.
Sam didn’t like being called a brat especially a ‘wee’ one. He was taller than her. However either due to her pregnancy or the accent Sam just assumed she meant it in a playful manner. It seemed far less insulting than Serena commenting on his game or training. ”Wonder how long the sabbatical will last, what do you teach?” he said as he grabbed some oil from the cupboard and frying pan, which spun in his hand as he set it on the stove.
”What do you want to do to a duck?” Sam asked as he turned his head to the redhead. ”All good?” he asked as crouched down and scooped the scooper up for her. He offered it up. ”Rough go?” he pointed to her stomach not sure if that was okay to do. He didn’t spend a lot of time around pregnant women, in fact he did his best to avoid them. He never knew when he’d be attacked again so it made sense not to endanger the women or their unborn children. Now however without an immediate threat he was a bit more relaxed than he would have been.
Posted by Cold Steel on Feb 1, 2020 8:51:18 GMT -6
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A simple no would have been fine. If he was anyone else he would have been insulted, however. Sam’s ego was powerful enough to shrug it off. He was the best at some things picking up women in the mansion was apparently not one of them. Juniper with the nice butt seemed to be a fluke for him. Gawain however seemed to be the mansion’s playboy, suddenly Sam wanted to know the mans secrets if he could get the attention of women who were only into other women. The man must talent. Sam mentally reminded himself to watch Gawain around women.
Sam knew the feeling; he too didn’t fit into some of the clothes. Mainly his jackets older Sam seemed to be a bit sturdier the pants however were pretty much the same. He shrugged, ”I didn’t change much at least physically. Older Sam seemed to whiny.” he recalled the video almost sounding like a suicide note and the attempt he said he made to end it. That wasn’t him. He didn’t want to become that, even if he supposedly did a lot of good.
Eyeing everything in the room Sam gave another shrug, ”Whelp… if that’s it I’m glad you got home safely.” with the bags down he took his hands and willed a small slab of ice. One big enough to cover someone’s shoulder. Something he’d make for himself if he had gotten shot to reduce swelling at least. ”I’ll just leave you with a parting gift. I can check on you tomorrow morning if you like.” Sam offered before overstaying his welcome.
”Juniper?” he met a Juniper as well. To say she was friendly was a gross understatement. Sam smirked recalling his time alone with her in the man cave. His smirk faded when Ami didn’t have any other information for him. So they weren’t that close. Bummer he’d have to ask someone else what he was like anyone but Serena and Gawain were far too biased in the young ice mutant’s opinion. They would only talk about how great he was. From what he could see he wasn’t.
”Girl’s make sense… did we?” Sam asked as he walked up to the door and hesitated to enter. She was drunk and he wasn’t, he instinctively felt bad about this situation. He mentally told himself that he’d ice up and leave. A different ice up then when he was with Juniper.
It took him a few moments and he entered. ”Why were you carrying around all your stuff if you have a room?” Sam asked hoisting the bags off his shoulder and setting them gently on the ground.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 31, 2020 19:06:01 GMT -6
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Sam hated the change everything had undergone in the decade he had missed. The ice mutant had made sure to memorize a good chunk of the city before he went to the mansion but now he found himself lost. Again. Wishing he never stepped out of the mansion he was trying to familiarize himself with another edge of the park.
Studying the trees and lampposts he felt his back pocket get lighter. Someone stole his wallet. Sam turned and then eyed the woman who called him an X-man. He was young yes but he joined the team within the year according to older Sam’s timeline. ”Aren’t you too beautiful to be picking wallets?” Sam shot back as he watched the woman who apparently knew him.
What was it with all these woman knowing him? He wasn’t complaining, in fact he loved the attention and the company. ”I’d like my wallet back please.” Sam smirked and held his hand out. ”Who are you again?”
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 31, 2020 18:53:53 GMT -6
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Apparently Ami knew the icemancer well. That was something he would have done. Maybe break a few bones while he was at it. Whose to say she didn’t. Sam laughed. That was something he and Mirror always do. It oddly made Sam feel better about the whole out of time experience. ”Bet you got him good.”
”What else do I always do?” Sam blurted out before he thought to stop himself. Asking a drunk Ami probably wouldn’t yield the best information but he was curious about more of his older versions exploits. Maybe Ami was part of them.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 31, 2020 18:43:02 GMT -6
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With his mouth full of what he assumed was her pad thai Sam jumped a little and smacked his head on the shelf above him. ”Owwwww…” Sam mumbled through the food as he pulled his head out to confront the voice that startled him in the first place.
Quickly chewing his food he shook his head. ”No Ma’am.” She was pregnant, that was the first thing he saw followed by the red hair. Sam’s eyes landed on her face and he smiled and scratched the back of his head. ”Awww man, now I feel bad. I totally thought it was Gawain’s. Sorry.”
Grabbing the container from the fridge Sam offered it to her. ”Can you give me detention? I’m a teacher here.” he smirked and settled on some eggs from the fridge. Pulling the eggs and a carton of orange juice he set them down next to the stove. ”aaaand you are? Beautiful accent by the way.” Sam gave her a smirk.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 31, 2020 18:30:25 GMT -6
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The icemancer rolled his eyes then shrugged, ”I beg to differ, you probably just don’t recognize it.” he smirked then walked closer to her and stopped when he was close to her.
Putting his hands on his hips showing her the network of scars on his chest, ”Maybe they didn’t want to scare you princess.” he added a little sarcasm to her title. Sam doubted she was a princess but he didn’t know enough about her or Atlantis to argue about her title.
”Sides, I think it would have happened to more people if it was contagious. You don’t look like you got any younger since being in here with me. Also the mansion isn’t full of screaming kids, just half.”
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 31, 2020 18:18:57 GMT -6
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Sam nodded and smirked, ”Better get used to it. I’m the coolest teacher there will ever be.” he waved her forward to the door. ”Next time you want a lesson come find me and I’ll try to pencil you in.” he had no schedule, Old Sam was the one who was busy he had a life here. This Sam didn’t.
Once the door closed behind her Sam decided is was time for some training of his own.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 29, 2020 20:20:04 GMT -6
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The former assassin was happy to see that she Eve was enjoying herself. She from what he could tell from the first encounter didn’t enjoy doing anything that kids would do. She didn’t even want to be associated as one. However, in the time he got her into the danger room she seemed to do a 180.
If he had filmed the stunt it would look super cool in slow motion with small explosions going off where the snow piles would be. She giggled and then she mentioned next time. ”Next time?” Sam raised an eyebrow. While he would become a teacher one day he wasn’t one. Sam didn’t expect she wanted to come back after he started throwing snowballs at her.
Sam folded his arms and frowned looking at his first and only potential student. ”Hmmmmm….” he then shrugged and nodded his head, ”I guess we can start you under my teachings.” he put his hand to his chin and pretended to stroke long beard that slowly formed in snow. ”I demand discipline, and an open mind and of course an imagination.” snapping his fingers and releasing the hold on all the snow it slowly fell apart including the one on his face.
Brushing the snow from his face he added, ”Safety first alright? Second, try to relate fun to training. Trust me,” he said summing up his life. ”It makes training fun, and it encourages you to try and find fun in the everyday.”
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 29, 2020 15:17:26 GMT -6
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His hands now on the back of his head he shook his head pretending there was nothing wrong, ”I was just trying to return the jabs.”. He was a little irritated she kept talking about how great he was. Again, that wasn’t him at least not yet. For all he knew he’d hate this place.
Sam did want to make up for all the bad things he had ever done however he didn’t want to try to do it in someone else’s shadow, even if it was a future version of himself. The only thing this place had that kept him here for now was his already room, danger room kitchen and an abundance of beautiful women. If he knew that T.A.T. was after him he would have left as soon as he found himself in this out of time experience. He didn’t need people to tell him that he would be great he was already great. The best. He had to be.
”Eighteen or nineteen” Sam corrected, ”Feel free to throw them on then.” she opened the canisters and he shifted his foot slightly into slightly hidden stance. ”That isn’t me. I already have sick game and a serious badass.” he paused then raised and eyebrow, ”Can you fly a aircraft? I can.” still one of his favorite things to brag about.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 29, 2020 15:07:10 GMT -6
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Sam gave a slight chuckle when she gave him one of his favorite ice puns and again when she touched the ice over his skin. He nodded his head at her name. Making note not to call her Amelia. He was already on a few women’s hit list he’d prefer not to get on one while he was in the mansion…again. ”Ami, it is.” he agreed.
Laughing now slightly uncomfortable, ”No ma’am, don't know what you heard about me or old me but I’m not into stealing women’s clothes.” he hoisted up all three bag and followed her up the stairs hoping Ghost wasn’t on patrol again. She was a scary lady.
Normally he would have offered taking her out as payment but again she was clearly drunk and if she did really get shot she could also be working on nothing but adrenaline and said booze. Sam was not the one to take advantage of this situation, so he kept it polite like he was talking to Ghost.
”Sounds like you had a pretty wild night Ami.” Sam started as he rounded the stairs up. ”So what did you do to get shot?” he asked trying to make small talk to the woman he never met before.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 29, 2020 14:49:32 GMT -6
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When she started to laugh Sam mocked a bow dodging a snowball then pivoting dodged the other. ”It’s supposed to be cold. And be glad I didn’t put night vision goggles on the table. You’d be wearing a helmet.” Sam said as he ran over to a table and grabbed a knife and ran towards a snow hill near Eve. He jumped and threw the knife and rolled into the snow hill. His body iced over and he became blue.
Putting to his back to the snow hill he held up a fist for Eve to hold. He then pointed to the sais near her and then motioned to move towards the target. Sam then mouthed the hand gestured and read aloud. ”Go! I’ll cover.” Just then Sam added to his ice body armor with a thin layer of mist erupting towards his body.
Sam stood sending the mist outward and he threw a few snowballs towards the targets instead of pointy weapons just in case Eve ran by. Safety first. It was a slight change up from when he trained as a child. Instead of real people from other factions and live ammunition it was motionless targets and snowballs. It was at that moment Sam started enjoy his old life. If this was teaching he was in for it.