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 Jan 26, 2020 18:48:28 GMT -6
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Sam ran his finger along the felt of the pool table then shrugged, ”Kind of know. I was the self-defense teacher here. Made sense given my background.” Sam’s gaze shot over to the hot tub then to the entertainment area. There was a juke-box straight out of a bar. Sam wondered if that came from his bar. Yeah, he had a bar too in the city he hadn’t checked out yet but apparently he didn’t need to worry about it running. Older Sam was confident about that.
”Several midlife crisis.” Sam started to laugh as he went over to the fridge and opened it. Fully stocked, with mixers and beers. Sam’s nose scrunched up at the thought of him going on a bender. ‘No wonder I was a drunk. I had it everywhere.’
Sam exited the kitchen area and passed the bathroom then started to laugh when he saw the bunk beds. Clearly used when it was impossible to walk up a flight of stairs to his actual bedroom. Sam kept going till he spotted another door he opened it to reveal a fireman’s pole that went down. He shook his head, ”Doubt I pulled permits for this.” Sam joked. ”Help yourself.” Sam said pointing to the fridge.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 26, 2020 17:58:49 GMT -6
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”Consider yourself hired then.” Sam said as walked through the wall with Juniper. It was an odd feeling and hard to describe but he stopped thinking about it when he found himself in the room. The lights must have been on a sensor because as soon as they were in the room and no longer walking through walls all the lights kicked on all of them; in the kitchen, over the hot tub (yup) in the bathroom, over the pool table and finally over the entertainment center.
Clearly this was his room. Basically everything he ever thought of when he was a kid was a fixture in this room. Sam never had the luxury of making any place his when he was a kid so it looked like he took his new found room designing to the extreme. ”**** me.” Sam finally said as he looked around the room.
”Starting to wonder what my job was as well.” Sam said looking back to Juniper, he was supposed to be a self-defense instructor but now it was looking like he was a goofing off instructor. ”Welcome to my other room.” he finally said as he started towards the pool table.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 26, 2020 12:41:49 GMT -6
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He shrugged his shoulders; he did miss about ten years of things. Atlantis didn’t ring a bell when he was with Tat. So if he didn’t know about it then he wouldn’t know about it now unless there was a file that was on the flash drive. ”I used to live here, I was a teacher but I lost about ten years.” Sam said summing it up and gesturing to his body. He wasn’t sharing it willingly but knew it threw strangers off.
”If it happened in the last ten years then that was the rock I was hiding under..” Sam said simply enough.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 26, 2020 12:26:46 GMT -6
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”Something that stands out… and you wouldn’t want to keep me. I require attention.” Sam said with a smirk and a few snowflakes that happened near Juniper. His eyes shifted through the bookcase till he found an old favorite of his. Sherlock Holmes, he was a detective and when one was trying to convince a kid to do something like their hero it was easier. Sam reached out and grabbed the book disappointed it was a fake.
The book shifted out of the bookcase a third of the way till the wall started to move. Sam let go of the book and stood back not exactly sure what to expect. Disappointed again he looked at the new exposed door and the console. There was a slit on both sides of the keyboard. Sam frowned as he walked closer to the door to expose the recent change. He wanted to know what was on the other side of the door now. The slits looked like something that would fit a knife or sword. He didn’t know why he came to the conclusion, only that it made sense.
”Apparently I have a lot of secrets.” Sam said more to himself as he studied the door. ”You said you could turn things intangible?” Sam asked as he offered his hand hoping that he too could walk through walls like she did. ”I kind of want to know what is on the other side now.” Sam said with a smirk.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 26, 2020 12:13:03 GMT -6
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Sam nodded his head at her first question as if it explained itself. Dresses burned, so did skin but it didn’t erupt. More fabric meant more issues. It was the same thing with capes. Which is why most of his training was shirtless. It just made sense. ”Yes.” he finally added after his thoughts.
”Not a student, not faculty.” Sam said to the second question his arms folding again. he didn’t’ know what he was all he knew was he wanted to train, that and not be the future Sam he saw. He knew his lifestyle wouldn’t grant him a happy ending but that was not how he wanted to live. As a drunk, depressed, and alone. So Sam figured the best way to prevent that was to stay in the danger room till something made sense again.
”Not sure what I am yet, but I know that dresses that nice burn quickly, princess.” he mocked. ”Atlantis… is that an actual thing?” he asked not sure if he should trust anything she said.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 25, 2020 14:51:37 GMT -6
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The office was empty of people, which made sense because he was supposed to be one of the people that worked in there. Was quickly changed though. Juniper walked through the wall and Sam the door. Looking back to Bruno he smirked, ”Go get the squirrels.” Bruno’s ears picked up and booked it to the nearest exit, which was most likely, the main entrance. Sam had never been to his office but he knew it was near the main entrance. Meaning now they were towards the front of the mansion. Place was big enough to get lost in.
”My office apparently.” he looked from Juniper to the bookcases and filing cabinets. One wall had a grand bookcase covering the entire wall. Sam knew that was the wall his flash drive mentioned. It required him to check on it often apparently there was a fridge and hot tub in there. Basically a place for people to get lost.
”Phasing is pretty cool, heck you could have found yourself anywhere you wanted to be with that power.” Sam smirked, as he looked over to the giant desk with his nameplate on it. The amount of paper work was pretty absurd. Sam didn’t plan on doing that any time soon though, not unless he had to. He was told that Gawain and a few others had been stepping up since he got younger. Young adults shouldn’t have paperwork anyways.
”So where did you live before? I can make it snow for you anytime you want. Just ask.” he walked from behind the desk towards the large bookcase and frowned. The books all seemed real where was the one that revealed the door.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 25, 2020 11:24:50 GMT -6
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”Got it. No explosives.” Sam said with a little sigh, they could have made a fortress to blow up, they could view it from the god room and enjoy the show. If she was going to play with explosives anyways it would have been best to do it in a safe environment even if Gawain didn’t approve.
Sam nodded his head and punched a few buttons and then raised a hand, ”Boom.” the danger room responded by creating a few tables with a dozen weapons on them sais included. All light, maybe not the sturdiest due to the weight restrictions but for target practice it would give her an understanding.
A few targets with giant bulls eyes appeared opposite of the tables. Each one mimicked a scary monster some humanoid some not. During his training they were people and it wasn’t target practice it was combat training and if he didn’t do well, well he never didn’t do well.
”Lesson one” Forming a small throwing knife in his hand he flipped it in the air a little mist falling from it as it was flipped. He caught it turned and flung it to the chest of the nearest target hitting it in one of the shoulders. Sam was aiming for disarming. ”Know where you want to hit.”
Again, if she was going to insist on learning anything with weapons she was going to learn from the best.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 25, 2020 11:14:21 GMT -6
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Sam was about to list potential rooms to get lost in but then stopped. She was way more forward than what he was used to. Was this the future? If so he’d have to play it cool, like his powers would instruct him.
Watching the ball of ice roll from the palm to the elbow and back to the hand Sam raised an eyebrow. She seemed to be enjoying herself playing with the big pooch, which was good. Bruno seemed to approve of the woman. ”Sam,” this time he offered her his hand for a shake. ”And yes, my power is pretty cool.” he smirked at the pun. No matter what age he was he’d still find ice related jokes funny.
”Danger room is a room in the basement for training powers, massive dome, light projections life like danger without any of the killings.” Sam summed it up. Danger was what it meant. Then again if he could make anything… did he use the danger room like that before? He must have. Maybe there was recordings of it, if he was smart he would have deleted them. ”Favorite room actually I don’t have to worry about covering everything in snow.”
Sam slowed his pace when he started to realize where he was. His gaze stopped to his name next to the door. Apparently he still had a nameplate up. ”So what can you do?” Sam asked about the powers before looking one side of the hallway to the other. He opened the door and looked in.
Sam scoffed when she said the door wasn’t big enough; he scoffed again when she said she was a princess. That might make sense the way she carried herself but Sam didn’t really believe it. Even if he had gotten younger someone would have mentioned an actually princess in the mansion… also Atlantis. Was that a thing now? He knew about the Amazons. He was told never to go back there again. Apparently he had a hard time escaping.
”King of the north.” Sam said pointing to himself, ”Artic actually but everything is south when you live there.” Yes, he deaged but was highly interested in that show series until the ending and yes. He binged it all.
King trumped princess so maybe she would have to refer him to Majesty if she was going to stick to the royalty thing. Sam just wanted to know what to call her. ”Sorry.” this time the apologize was sincere. ”Mansion has a lot of rooms with weird **** in it. You might need to be more cautious walking into rooms. I mean kids shoot lasers here or burst into flames.” he shrugged then added, ”And if you weren’t wearing such a bulky dress in the first place the door would have held us both.” there he won.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 24, 2020 15:54:58 GMT -6
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Merfolk. Gorgons had snake hair, why did she keep saying that? Sam was about to correct her then she insulted his having fun during training. It was better than the alternative and hating it. Training meant he’d be able to survive something else he was big on survival not dying. Especially at the hands of this woman.
”What do you mean?” Sam asked folding his arms, ”You or me? That door was more than big enough, Danger room sessions are usually focused on teamwork and yeah, it was fun. A blast even. So sue me.” Sam felt personally attacked.
”I enjoy working out and pushing myself, part of the appeal of the danger room you can make anything happen.” Sam said raising an eyebrow. ”You never wondered what you could do if you have complete control over your environment… lady? And they were merfolk.”
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 24, 2020 15:47:27 GMT -6
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”Who says they are mutually exclusive.” Sam mirrored Juniper’s hands and locked them behind his head. ”Plenty of places we could do both.” she was forward, more forward than Sam. He found this both very entertaining and very awkward. Mainly because he wasn’t sure what to say when she said stuff like bump and grind his mind went straight to the gutter.
With the ice currently being chewed he removed his hands from behind his head and reached out to Juniper forming a ball of ice and offering it to her, ”I’m more of a learn by doing type of guy. Could never sit in a classroom long enough to learn anything.”
”You checked out the danger room at least right?” Sam asked his voice giving her an idea how great the place was.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 24, 2020 15:24:23 GMT -6
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Sam smiled at her responses, ”I could argue the league thing. I did date French model two years ago. She was something. Really hard to top that one but I was willing to give it a shot.” he wasn’t a fan of the cities, the langue or the food but the models. Beautiful, only reason he took so long in killing her manager who happened to have been his target.
”Lesbian then huh?” Sam raised an eyebrow with his smirk, ”Lot in common then.” he pointed to her then himself, ”You like women. I like women. You train, I train. Could be the start of a good friendship. Could be more who knows.”
He folded his arms at her, ”I also happen to be more sober than the Sam you are used to. He was super depressing in the video Gawain made me watch. Pretty sure I can still school you I’m sure. Without me depressing Sam wouldn’t have been a teacher right?” Sam asked knowing the answer. He had trained for years he doubted older Sam was much better than him.
”So Serena, beautiful name by the way.” Sam said continuing to flirt. ”What do you typically do in here then. Wouldn’t’ want to give you something too easy.”
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 24, 2020 15:06:36 GMT -6
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The old programs for Eve were locked out but it did have some information. It seemed that the kid did have a pretty decent memory or at least some good instincts. Sai wouldn’t have been his first choice for a weapon but it could be effective with proper training. Sam was more partial to swords and spears. ”Ummmm…” Sam said feeling the gaze of the child from over his shoulder. The icemancer moved out of the way a bit so she could see.
”All sorts of stuff. Hand to hand, weapons, search and rescues, piloting and of course smashing robots. Love smashing robots.” Sam said now scrolling through a few of his training simulations he wasn’t sure what would be best for a kid. He went through basic training when he was close to her age but most kids didn’t grasp the ‘survive’ in survival training like he did so he decided to play it safe.
”You said something about explosives right?” Sam asked figuring the reason they were here was to see some explosions. ”Or you want to try something else?” Sam asked, ”pretty sure I can make some sais for you. Safety first though right?”
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 24, 2020 14:44:56 GMT -6
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He was still bleeding from when he got cut and his body ached from multiple sessions in a row. Technically it wasn’t real but if you got hurt in the danger room simulations did hurt you hard light constructs sucked. The danger room was also supposed to not kill anyone something that you’d know if you ever used it.
”Kinda.” Sam said pointing to the spot where he was bleeding a bit. It was just going to be added to the ton of scars he had on his body. It was proof that he had a ‘troubled’ upbringing. ”Hard light constructs, can create whatever you want. Volcano’s, murder bots, aliens a kraken apparently.” Sam said deciding that’s what the shark thing was called.
”Try not to think about it too hard. Pain and danger was real, the danger room just can’t kill. It’s meant to hone and train powers and the X-Men.” Sam put his hand on his neck and forced a crack from his stiff neck.
”Telling me you never be-“ he called it the ah-ha moment when teaching his face lit up just as he realized what had happened. ”You were willing to kill me?” Sam feigned being hurt. It wasn’t the first time or last time someone tried to kill him. His brow lowered, ”I thought I was messed up. You were willing to kill a stranger.” at least when he killed he had a reason to, something that he kept telling himself.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jan 24, 2020 6:22:03 GMT -6
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She was doing something, great! Teamwork was important to develop in training Sam was looking forward to what the woman could do. He was not expecting the attack on his person though from within his little island that the woman happened to be joining. Sam felt his knees give out forcing him closer to the edge it wasn’t much of a stumble due to the ice surrounding them he caught himself but it was enough to distract him from being grabbed from another tentacle. ”****ing kidding me!”
The grip around his body made it hard to break free and forced the air out of his lungs at the same time. Sam was underwater now, struggling to break free and return to the surface. His body started to ice over as the tentacle pulled him further down to the source of the body. It was the shark. Sam watched as menfolk swam around him laughing at him. This wasn’t his fault. If he had firepowers he would have erupted at this point. Sam closed his eyes as he entered the mouth of the shark and everything went dark.
”End simulation.” Sam yelled from the belly of the beast. Just like that everything around them started to pixilate. He was still soaked but the remaining water started to vanish as well all that was left was his ice the woman and him. ”You broke my streak!” Sam yelled more upset that he’d have to do the simulation over again. Maybe this time he’d just freeze everything.
”That was uncalled for.” Sam said finally looking at the girl, really getting a look this time instead of just a ‘oh you’re here’ glance. She was hot.
