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 Welldrinker Cult
A shadowy group is gaining power, drawing in people who are curious, vulnerable, or malicious, and turning them into Mystics. They are recruiting people into their ranks to spread the influence of magic in the world, but for what end goal?
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 Jul 29, 2017 11:59:27 GMT -6
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The stairs were easy to navigate he’d done it with his eyes closed a hundred times before and even more when he only had one so he wasn’t focused on up the stairs just the idea of drinking the rest of his beer that was following close behind him. He was tempted to try and snatch one for the rest of the walk but refrained for now. When she broke the silence he responded without thinking. ”Police work, training drinking, paperwork, missions, drinking, girlfriend.” there wasn’t sleep anywhere in there and he didn’t mind pointing that out.
”Yes, I have a girlfriend.” Sam raised the beer to his mouth and took a sip. ”Surprisingly enough some women find me charming.” Sam laughed and then added, ”Think I got extremely lucky. She’s a nurse and can patch my @@@ up.” Rounding the next set of stairs and going up his hand shot back once or twice to reach for the beers.
”What about you?” Sam asked curiously, ”Been practicing?” Sam asked more about his subject than anything. If she was a former student of his he hoped she still knew some things he taught.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jul 29, 2017 11:48:17 GMT -6
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Wishing he hadn’t thrown out the bottle as the tears started to flow he uncomfortably leaned back in his chair. Sam didn’t like to see women cry, so breakups were always difficult for him usually it ended with him leaving the next morning and then losing a phone number. This time was a little different. He actually wanted to keep things on good terms with Juliette. She was a team member and she lived across the hall meaning the quicker he got out of there the more awkward he’d feel about everything.
”Yeah…” Sam finally agreed he offered up a box of tissues as he got up. Bringing the glass with him. ”I’ll give you some space.” he already started to feel awkward and uncomfortable. It was his office but it seemed best to let her have it for now.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jul 29, 2017 11:43:15 GMT -6
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Sam looked at the little red button on his phone. Once it was live he took a sip of a large brown bottle of a heavy stout he found by chance walking back to the room he was currently recording in. He was wondering if the Dragonspeak gem was wearing off but knew it wouldn’t matter for the intended party. She knew Russian, she knew English and she knew his language, any variation of it.
Sam set the bottle down and cleared his throat. ”Hey… Been a while since I’ve seen ya. So… yeah had a girlfriend and…” Sam cleared his throat and rolled his eye and took another swig of the drink. ”That doesn’t matter, anyways. If you get this video good chance I was kidnapped.” Sam took another sip then stared at a wall. He smirked then looked back to the camera, ”Correction, I’ll be escorted shortly I can seem them through the walls.” Sam said pointing past the camera’s view.
”Anyways, Odds are I’ll need a little back up, and no. I don’t want anyone from the X-Men involved this is… more….” Sam waited for the word to come then raised an eyebrow, ”Personal?” he shrugged and then hefted the bottle again, it was clear he was drunk and to the point of sleep deprivation he seemed slaphappy almost insane.
Sam looked at the photo and smirked holding it to the camera so anyone watching the video would have seen the beautiful blonde frozen in time as a model on the piece of paper. ”I’m a $&*( photograph but man…” Sam smirked as he took a large swig of the bottle, ”I mean, not as beautiful as you but…” Sam smirked as he pointed to the photo and to the subject, ”She makes me feel like I can take the perfect photo.” he ran his hand in a wrap it up gesture signaling the people he saw from the other side of the thin walls of his room.
”She’s sweet too. Like you.” Sam said taking a second to let the message sink in, ”Found her. Probably not involved with the people you want or in the situation you want but.” Sam shrugged, and sipped his beer, ”I’m supposed to be dead so…” Sam looked up and started to laugh, ”So long story short, contact the matchmaker and tell her I owe you a favor, she owes me one so she will be able to give you more information than I can at the moment.” Sam smirked, ”So, this is me… signing off… Next time you see me I’ll be on the big screen.” Sam smirked and sipped his beer just as the door was kicked open.
The video continued as Sam raised an eyebrow and looked to the intruders who were out of the camera’s view. ”Only five?” his Russian started to turn English before he realized his translation gem wore off. ”Kinda insulted…” Sam sipped his beer and then threw the bottle at the nearest guy then kicked the table with his phone up towards another assailant. The camera spun in the air as Sam ran forward and took out the other three with a few punches. Then in a flash as the camera hit the ground Sam collapsed after the sound of thunder. Sam looked towards the camera and gave a little chuckle before passing out.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jul 20, 2017 19:35:18 GMT -6
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Sam looked into the mirror and sipped his scotch as he turned slightly to the woman who was in the confined quarters with him. The turbulence of the plane caused the compartment to become a little more crowded as both parties spread out. To push themselves against the walls of the restroom. ”Sorry.” Sam said finally as he pointed at where his hand brushed past. She smirked and with a heavy French accent she asked, “Aren’t we past that?” Sam shrugged as he buttoned his pants with the plastic cup of scotch in his mouth.
”I guess.” Sam took a swig emptying the contents and then raised an eyebrow. ”So...” there was a knock on the door. “I have to go back to my seat.” She said quickly squeezing passed Sam exiting the bathroom.
”Okay, then.” he said after a moment keeping the door shut. Sam washed his hands, as was habit when leaving the airplane bathroom. He opened the door and walked back to his seat and sat down kicking the chair of the woman in front of him. ”I’m gonna get another drink, you want one?”
Sam already had two ordered before he heard a response. She might have been sleeping it was a long flight to Paris and when you can’t sleep because you’re worried your mutation is going to summon an ice monster it seemed even longer.
Silence for the moment was his best friend after he apologized there was nothing let to say and he wasn’t sure if she had anything to say as well. He poured himself another glass glad for the silence for a moment. Sam took another sip and then just like everything in his life it seemed his new best friend was leaving him as well.
>>>"I... I can't do this, Sam,"
It wasn’t a question, she was telling him she couldn’t do this and while he was willing to tell her he loved her an hour ago now it seemed like he was very wrong in thinking that way. Sam wanted to get upset, scream, shout and throw things but he didn’t. He embraced the one constant in his life and took a sip the burn helping him as much as it was helping her. Sam didn’t say anything for a moment as he collected his thoughts. Did he hate her for this?
”Thank you.” Sam said finally after another drink. He scratched the back of his head and leaned back in his chair trying not to make eye contact for a moment as if they locked eyes she’d see into him like she seemed to see into him all the time.
”For being honest firstly, and showing me that I’m capable of getting my own head out of my ***” he sipped again. She might not have seen a difference in the amount he drank but Sam noticed one. He was actually excited to wake up in the morning again and attempt to do work. He was less cynical and at the moment he didn’t want to slide back into his old habits but… Sam took a sip again then took the bottle and dropped it in the garbage can even with it being half full (he wanted to think he was an optimist now).
”I got too many problems, and you’re right.” Sam took a sip of his glass again as he leaned back into his chair again his eye shifting from the glass in his hand to the bottle in the trash then back to Juliette. ”You can’t do this and if I care about you at all I shouldn’t have to ask you. I’m the only one who can do anything for me.” Sam sipped his glass, ”You did more than you know though.” Sam said not trying to get into everything she had done for him.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jul 5, 2017 18:56:23 GMT -6
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The air got colder when Gina approached and wrapped her prehensile tail around his six pack. If it was anyone else there was a good chance he would have swung on them but Gina for the most part never rubbed him the wrong way so when she stole his beer all she got was a chill. ”I did.” Sam agreed as he made a pass at his beer and tried to swipe it back. The way she responded probably couldn’t have worked better in her favor. She was about as sassy as Sam was meaning he was in good company.
”I have a girlfriend so you coming to my room…” Sam folded his arms slightly and raised an eyebrow as he smirked, ”Sides I don’t think you could deal with me.” Sam waved for the beer. ”So how about you hand me my beer back and I’ll go on my own.” Sam said having no intentions of going back to his room. Even if he was physically and mentally exhausted and could use some sleep he had a feeling he’d be getting none.
Sam made one last swipe at the beer hoping he could reach out for the beverages in time before her tail moved but he had no luck. Sure he could have taken the beer from her but even if she wasn’t a former student Sam had no intention harming her for his drinks. ”Fine, mom.” Sam huffed slightly and walked towards the stairs.
”Sam… you aren’t in any of my classes. You address me as Sam. Otherwise you get detention for stealing my beer.”
Posted by Cold Steel on Jul 5, 2017 18:56:03 GMT -6
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With a smirk Sam missed as he swung on Xavia, she clearly had been practicing which was everything he could have hoped for. More so for him than for her, it meant he’d get more of a workout and more of a stress reliever. ”Good to know.” Sam said as he took a step back just barley avoiding the vines. He felt the vines touching his armor, which caused him to move in the first place.
Sam could feel her body temperature as she moved behind him he turned slower than usual because he had a feeling she was using herself as a distraction as her mutation attacked. A few acorns pegged his backside as he raised a small layer of ice armor behind himself to prevent the minor annoyance. He was about to throw another cod blast then stopped.
”That’s enough.” the icemancer lowered his guard then pointed to his nose. ”You’re bleeding.”
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 30, 2017 14:58:59 GMT -6
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Sam heard Juliette apologize to someone who looked like his ex-not real wife and he had to tell himself to keep moving forward so he wouldn’t stop and linger. Alexandra was the love of his life for what felt like decades it was hard to keep moving but none of it was real. The final curse Amanda had afflicted him with memories lingered and it was obvious some things couldn’t be forgotten no matter how much he drank or distracted himself.
Limping over to his chair Sam sat down and went for the drawer, it was something that he knew that Juliette would definitely not like but he was trying to process everything. He did just see the woman he married and raised two kids with. He had multiple life times with her so when he saw her even though she was supposedly was dead.
The bottle slammed on the desk with purpose the lid was off and two glasses were being poured he had a feeling Juliette was about to speak her mind and he wanted to get slightly ahead of it by distracting her with a drink. Even if she wasn’t going to take it.
”Sooo….not how I wanted any day for the rest of my life go.” he said with his eye down on his now filled glass. No ice. His leg hurt but with the it frozen over the bleeding would stop long enough for him to be good for a few hours. Sam decided after what just happened he’d need to be drunk to deal with anything else.
”I’m sure there’s a **** ton of questions. But yeah, that was my ex, girlfriend, and the S*** show that was the mind control thing, she was the wife and mother to my not real kids.” Sam waited a second before adding quickly because he’d figured it would help. ”She was dead. Obviously didn’t keep, third person this year too.” Sam took a long swig. ”I’m sorry for how I reacted. To her and then the leg.” Sam took another long swig.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 26, 2017 13:40:02 GMT -6
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She dodged the uppercut and managed to throw out a vine, Sam was ready however and when it hit he squared up his stance so she wouldn’t be able to rip his leg out from under him. It wasn’t the first time they sparred and it wouldn’t be the last. The trees around them though was a new touch so when she leapt from the tree branch he was slightly surprised but like she did a few seconds before he mimicked her and ducked out of the way with a lowering of his stance and pivoting away from danger.
Even if the vine was detached from Xavia he still iced over his leg for a second causing the vine around him to break off in a few bits of ice. She was resourceful and he didn’t want her to come back at him with any attacks he thought he dodged before.
”Didn’t know trees were so bouncy.” Sam said as he charged at her again throwing kick at her leg trying to get her off balance so he could throw out another combo.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 26, 2017 13:34:01 GMT -6
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A nice layer of sweat was on his brow now and more falling down his bare back as he threw another punch then brought it up to guard the ice around his limbs almost glowed in the very early morning sun. ”Didn’t wake you did I?” Sam asked as he ducked an incoming blow sidestepped then brought his foot to an imaginary knee. He knew he was being quite and unless she developed superhuman hearing there was another reason she was up so early.
”Therapy.” Sam tried to smirk but didn’t it wasn’t a secret that Juliette wanted him to talk to someone and while he was open to the idea he was still stubborn. He knew that going back to the basics worked well for him so that was what he was doing.
Sam brought a hand up in a block then threw out a fast front kick to where someones gut would have been. He was almost tempted to form some ice clones to help with the training but he decided not to. That would have been more noise and it was still early. ”Weren’t too cold were you?” Sam asked curiously.
Sam’s movement started to slow into a less aggressive one, his hands and feet slowly left the ground and were put down even slower. ”You ever practice Tai Chi?” he asked curiously, ”Or is yoga more your thing?” he added a smirk.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 26, 2017 13:17:17 GMT -6
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Sam shrugged and then pointed to his eyepatch, ”I was told this fashion choice screamed, troubled past.” Sam said with sip of his glass, ”Was forced to grow up early so I understand kids who have had a rough childhood.” Sam said trying to be somewhat descriptive but still vague about his earlier life. ”I have a soft spot for kids who have had a rough childhood. Kids should be kids… ya know?” Sam said with another sip.
”He wouldn’t be the first kid I took in for special training, I found if they are to exhausted to fight they try other things. Like talking… for a while couldn’t get Gawain to shut up.” Sam said with a little smirk.
”Guess not. I think things would have been a lot different if it wasn’t for this place. I was already pretty far gone till I came here. Didn’t know how far sometimes but… Danger Room… lot of stuff to hit.” Sam said completely oblivious to Devon possibly hinting that Sam had something similar going on.
”So…” he said finishing his drink then tapping his desk slightly.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 26, 2017 13:06:51 GMT -6
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”Awww really? Took me so long to break this one in too.” Sam said eyeing the hole then taking a swig of his beer before forgetting about the hole. He could always buy other shirts maybe not as comfortable as the one he had on now but surely with less holes in them.
When she mentioned that she couldn’t have any because she had to fly home Sam had a feeling where this conversation was going. His nostrils flared and he took another swig of his drink to be even more defiant than he apparently already was. He wasn’t mad but a little irritated. He didn’t like it when people questioned if it was the right time to drink it usually was mixed in with feelings of pity. He didn’t like to be pitied.
”I just walked up from the Danger Room after a few hour cool down training session. I brought the beers because before that I put out a fire and stopped a robbery, which I was shot at more than once.” Sam emptied the contents of the first drink as he cracked open another brewski. ”Before that I haven’t slept in probably over twenty four hours.” Sam took a sip and then looked off into nothing as if he was pondering.
He was being a little rude but like he had said it was a long day, ”Think I earned a few.” Sam said as he then chimed in on the fact that this was a school as well. ”Class is still in session, I live here and the only person I think I’m distracting with my behavior at the moment is you… am I at least a good one?” Sam smirked then gave an apologetic nod, ”So I’m sorry for any trouble…”
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 26, 2017 13:06:35 GMT -6
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Once they arrived Sam took the ice off of his coffee and took a sip despite a few cold spots it was still warm enough to get the job done. Sam set his coffee down on a platform of wood that seemed to have been formed for either a step stool or a spot for coffee. Either way Sam made it a spot for his drink and then looked back to Xavia who seemed ready.
”Both will do. I guess, you wanted help with your powers, right? Might as well put you in a situation where you don’t have much time to think about them.” Sam said as he cracked his neck and then shot a beam of ice at her head. It wasn’t subzero but it would have been enough to give her a brain freeze should she have gotten hit. Sam then charged forward dropped down slightly then threw an uppercut at her gut.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 26, 2017 12:59:09 GMT -6
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Sam waited till she was done before he responded to anything. He wasn’t mad and understood her hesitation in working as an X-Woman. In truth she was right but that was why there was a difference between team leaders and trainees. Most full fledged X’s shouldn’t be under twenty. At least in his opinion. ”You know I didn’t just get a badge right?” Sam asked and continued before she could respond. ”You’ll have access to my records in your police files, I went through the academy, even an accelerated course for the detectives exam.”
Sam folded his arms and continued, ”I fended off dragons, assassins and volcano’s. While I might be qualified to handle some situations I know there is always someone more qualified than I.” Sam paused for a second to let the words sink in before he added, ”Trainee’s shouldn’t be handling things on their own. That’s when things go wrong.” Sam raised an eyebrow, ”I’m not saying you aren’t capable as a cop but if you wear the X, there is no reason you should be in a situation like that.”
Sam nodded his head and shrugged, ”So why the tryout then?”