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 Jun 25, 2017 19:42:42 GMT -6
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Sam tried to take a step towards Juliette but felt his weight go out from under his recently stabbed leg that was now iced over. He caught himself up on the wall then leaned against it knowing that the wall was one of the few constants till someone decided to remove it from him. Like everything in his life everything seemed temporary. ”Heh….Me either…” Sam said without thinking about it.”[/color]
The icemancers head rested on the wall behind him as he finally called out, ”Maybe you’re right.” Sam doubted it but he was happier not knowing she was still alive for the time being. He was finally seeing her less frequent in his nightmares and dreams so that meant surely that he was getting better. Maybe she wasn’t who he thought she was… even if she was carbon copy.
”I’m sorry…” he followed imagining how bad this looked to an outsider, it was clear Juliette saw it the same way. Still not sure what to do or say Sam waved his hand. ”I’m sure you know where you need to go. If not just head straight through there and you’ll find someone who can help you.” Sam said before turning back to Juliette still making sure not to make eye contact.
Pushing himself up and pointing back to his office Sam finally glanced to meet her eyes. Not sure what he would find he was sure the office would be the best place to talk about whatever the hell just happened.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 18, 2017 13:38:15 GMT -6
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This was something you couldn’t come back from. It wasn’t the first time he had thought it and it wouldn’t be the last. The frozen blade digging into leg was pulled and dropped to the floor and then shattered. A few drops of blood remained there as more red exited the self inflicted wound. His gaze shifted to his leg, which coated over instantly with ice where the wound was. He had a feeling Doc was going to yell at him again for the wound but… he looked back to Juliette who was horrified, there was a scream then she shouted something she rarely said. She was mad.
Sam looked back down to his leg then it clicked. He just stabbed himself again; his brain was playing catch up while the adrenaline was pumping through his veins. He only did that when he was starting to lose control or… his gaze followed the heat signature back to Alexandra, someone who once again should have been dead. ”Pitic” Sam said a little louder this time still not sure what he was saying. The word just came to him again.
”You were dead.” Sam said pointing to Alex, ”I looked for you….” Sam said, trying to force the words out. He was happy she was still alive; it was hard accepting she was dead. Pushing himself up from the wall.
His instincts too, told him to run. The sight of Alexandra was usually accompanied by the sound of their children’s screaming or the smell of burnt flesh. It was hard right now associating her from his other reality one where they were family.
He needed a drink… badly. He’d have to get himself. First Jorge came back then Gawain and now Alex. Sam closed his eye and tried to breath too much information was being processed. The dead never stayed dead it seemed. ”I shouldn’t have done that.” Sam said making sure not to meet Juliette’s gaze.
He was ashamed with what he had just done. This was far different than stabbing himself in front of Jorge or Gawain. He did this in front of his girlfriend and his ex. It was bad enough showing your current girlfriend how far you were from actually being ‘okay’ but he had to show it to Alexandra who was now not dead. He didn’t want either of them to see him like this. ”I’m sorry…” was all he could manage to say.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 16, 2017 20:56:35 GMT -6
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The air in his opinion was getting far to dry as it was becoming increasingly hard to breath. His vision shifted to Juliette who appeared and things had a certain clarity till he heard Alex again. She was dead. She wasn’t alive in this world, he was sure of it. After the Romania camps they split but he had kept tabs on her after that she vanished for a time and then nothing. No trace of the woman he had once loved and raised a family with several times over.
Sam caught himself on the wall as he doubled over trying to focus it was hard to focus on anything at the moment and the more his head seemed to swim the colder it got. Sam looked at Alexandra and muttered a name he had once called her in her native tongue. It seemed unfamiliar to him as he said it but he suddenly felt like things weren’t the way they seemed.
Sam shook his head once then looked to Juliette then back to Alexandra. Sam shifted his neck causing it to crack as he shook his head. She wasn’t real. Alex was dead. Juliette was in front of him bright as could be and he focused for a second. ”I thought I saw something that…” his eye shifted again and he suddenly felt the urge to run. He was afraid of what was going to happen now that he was seeing his ‘not-real ex-wife’. She wasn’t alive and he was so the only way he could see her was….
Sam formed an ice knife and jabbed it into his leg. A spot he had stabbed several times in the past few months though this was the first time he had done it in front of Juliette. Sam grunted in pain and looked over to where Alex was seconds before. She was still there. Sam closed his eye and shook his head pushing himself up against the wall. ”Focus… Damn it focus!”
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 13, 2017 18:56:44 GMT -6
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”First episodes are usually the longest… right?” Sam asked raising an eyebrow as they entered his room. Without hesitation Sam sat down in the chair next to Jules and set the popcorn down on the desk next to the beer. Sure they could have gone to the ‘man-cave’ but he was trying to be more personal than he used to be the lack of drinking was a good encouragement for new students to knock on his doors so why not watch some shows in his office.
Sam already took a sip from a newly opened beer and sighed, ”I mean… no one can get it right?” Sam asked knowing that answer wasn’t going to fly. ”I guess I can do it? Good exercise?” Sam asked not really sure if that was a good reason. He just wanted it to be clear he was going to the front door to greet someone… not because it was technically his job but because Juliette asked him too. Not that he’d admit that was the reason for him doing it either.
”Guess I can ‘ave a lil fun with this then.” Sam said adopting a faint British accent. It wasn’t the first time he had donned the accent and he was sure it would be the last, while it was sometimes fun most of his accents were taught to him during his time in T.A.T. where subtle accents were key it had a tendency to ask less questions unless it was grossly out of place.
Sam smirked and left the office and started down the hall sipping his beer. It was a woman, he felt her body heat before he had seen her, mainly because his one good eye was still closed as he took a swig of his drink he then shifted his gaze to see/feel if Juliette was going to see what kind of fun he was going to have.
”Wet afternoon to ya.” Sam said with his slight accent. He took a swig of his beer then added, ”Welcome to mutant manor.” it wasn’t the name but rather a popular nickname (one he coined when he first came to the school). When his eye locked on the female his brain didn’t register the all to familiar frame.
Sam was about to take another sip of his beer when his brain finally clicked who he was looking at his stomach dropped along with the bottle he was holding. Sam’s hand instantly went to his temple and he revealed a shaken expression. ”Can’t be… Not real… not again…” the air around him started to get cold as his brain tried to tell itself there was another person back from the dead. His ‘not-real wife and mother of his not-real children’.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 12, 2017 13:23:43 GMT -6
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”No, I don’t think that was the case because if they did up doing that it would negate the brilliance that was Sherlock. Not saying that he can’t be a mutant but I think the story would be better with his mind working like that. I mean Eve could do that but we always joked she was no Sherlock.” Sam said as he lifted the large bag of popcorn as they walked down the hallway from the kitchen to his office where they’d just finished their first episode of Sherlock before taking a quick break for snacks and libations.
”Look I’m just looking forward to Moriarty. If he is as brilliant as you say I might have to dismiss the movies.” Sam said as his hand tightened around the six pack in his other hand. He wasn’t thinking about drinking for once and his mind was focused on who he was with, Juliette a woman who he was falling hard for.
Juliette in Sam’s mind was the best thing that had happened to him in a long time. He was drinking less and sleeping more something that was unheard of since he had experienced his ideal world be burnt down to the ground. It was a painful experience that with the help and encouragement of the woman beside him he didn’t think he’d ever be able to move on from but here he was not drunk on a Saturday afternoon and having no intentions of being so. A few beers maybe but that was it.
”Also I was told that I’d enjoy the process of winter’s coming from Chess of Crowns.” Sam said trying to recite what Jorge had told him. He also had heard a few times that it was never there but he knew Jorge wouldn’t set him up like that.
Sam looked to Juliette and smiled, ”Just saying… the rain isn’t supposed to stop anytime soon.” he said about the weather outside. Surely they could finish all of Sherlock and Chess of Crowns there was no way there were that many episodes.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 12, 2017 12:56:55 GMT -6
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With his coffee in hand he jogged after her trying his best to keep up. It had been a while since he had actually ran and while his body was familiar with it his mind wasn’t he kept focusing on the coffee and his pants chafing against his legs instead of focusing on the destination like he usually did when he ran. Maybe he should focus less on sparring and more on running?
When they got to the spot Sam unfroze the top of his coffee mug and chugged it which he found was a mistake as he was gasping for air after it. ”Obviously been a while since I ran last. Looks like you beat me.” Sam said as he put his hands on his knees and breathed heavy for a few seconds. ”I need a drink” he said more to himself than to anyone else as he tossed the mug on the soft ground then placed his hands on his head.
”Running might be a bit harder but, I’m still the king of sparring.” he said as he leaned back stretching his back. ”No holding back?”
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 12, 2017 12:49:15 GMT -6
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Judging from Juliette’s initial response of rubbing her temples this dinner was not going well. After everything was said and done she’d be getting an abundance of specialty coffee and flowers. When she mentioned the ambulance Sam suddenly felt that they shouldn’t have called anyone if this was related to his powers there would be a story somewhere about it and in Alex’s case when it came to stories he didn’t need another one out there right now.
Sam shifted his weight and nodded reluctantly and then raised an eyebrow to ‘not-Alex’. He seemed panicked more afraid than Sam was a few minutes ago but he did his best to put on a calm composure by placing his hands behind his head making sure not to tear the suit. He was pretty sure his tailor wouldn’t be willing to fix another tear in a suit.
When Juliette sat down he also started to focus on the air around them, he didn’t lower the temperature because if he did there was no telling if ‘not- Alex’ would view that as hostile or not. ”You’re safe here.” he added after Juliette spoke.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 12, 2017 12:39:34 GMT -6
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”I like it.” Sam said with a smirk, ”You’ll have to tell me more about this great guy.” Sam said wishing her hand remained on his cheek a just a little bit longer. The second kiss was also something he wished was a bit longer but when he felt the security of the blanket leave his bare back he smirked.
”Night Jules. See you in the morning.” Sam turned back to the fire and stared at it for a bit till he started to feel his eyelid get heavy. He however pushed it off because if he did manage to sleep there’d be a chance he’d end up waking Juliette if he crawled into the sleeping bag with her. With a sniff he pushed himself up and rotated another few logs before deciding that a few hours of sleep would be a good option.
Crawling next to Juliette and the sleeping bag he laid down on the bare ground pushing back some more ice so there was less chance of her being cold. Head on his own arm he fell asleep facing Juliette.
‘Daaaaaaaddddd!’
Sam’s eye snapped open before he jumped up remembering where he was. With a low sigh he caught his breath and closed his eye again this time facing the top of the tent where the smoke was billowing out. After a few seconds he slowly rolled over and pushed himself up making sure not to wake Jules. She unlike him could sleep so there was no reason to wake her.
Sam threw a few more logs on the fire then decided to exit the tent. Looking around at the steam rising up from the ground he felt a certain kind of power here, there was an abundance of moisture in the air. Sam exhaled and started to move about throwing out blocks and strikes as ice started to coat his hands and arms. Other than alcohol, training was the only other thing that helped him get his mind off of his nightmares.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 11, 2017 9:08:39 GMT -6
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Giving her the thumbs up he finished another three cups before walking out into the hallway. He didn’t bother changing; he was one to practice in his regular clothes knowing he wouldn’t always have an opportunity to change if something happened all of a sudden. Walking out slowly he let out a yawn then met up with Xavia in the hallway who was already stretching. Something else Sam didn’t bother with at the moment, he was still pretty limbered up from his danger room session from before his nap.
”Alright then, all set?” Sam asked as he still had a coffee cup in his hand and took another sip then iced over the top so it wouldn’t spill on the walk or run to the cluster of trees. ”Where did we leave off last time we practiced?” Sam asked as he started to head for the door.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 11, 2017 8:35:47 GMT -6
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”Double major and volunteering?” Sam smirked and snapped his fingers, ”dang, super busy then! Must be great at time management.” Sam sipped his drink then asked ”so what kind of volunteering are you doing here? Big sister, sub teaching?”
Shifting his weight and turning the large burn hole in his shirt towards her he followed up asking, ”Any good at patch work? Might need a new one too, any good with fire proof material?” Sam asked as he took a sip of his beer.
It took Sam a second to realize her gaze was passing over the drinks in his hand he shifted his weight again and then offered her up one of the drinks. ”You’re legally allowed to drink right?” Sam asked hoping she wasn’t just another underage kid who was eyeing his alcohol. He was running out of hiding spots in the mansion. ”You can have one with you want.”
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 11, 2017 8:20:43 GMT -6
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”X-woman mermaid shifter and can sing some snowfall, though she down in the Caribbean’s with Luke, right now. Other X-Man, blind echo location… should call him when we get home…” in truth it had been long time since he had talked to them his lifestyle at the moment wasn’t a point of encouragement when talking to people from his past. Especially when they were reminders of his not real life. Luke was his ‘not-real-daughter’s godfather. And yes, there was a point where he and Raina got close before Luke and her had gotten back together but they both decided it was for the best that they remain friends.
”One of the reasons…” Sam smirked and flexed the arm Juliette was wrapped in to joke about another reason. ”I mean, I know I was cool before but that was defiantly a nice praise from a woman as old as Sedna.”
”Theory then.” Sam nodded his head and then smirked at the wink. ”Well Ra, the sun will be rising in a few hours. Maybe you should get some sleep for a bit. I’ll keep the fire going strong and join you in a bit.” Sam said hoping he could actually fall and stay asleep.
Sam kissed Juliette then added, ”and we’ll have to come up with a cool god name for me. I’m partial to Odin for the one eye but I’m open to suggestions.”
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 4, 2017 14:50:26 GMT -6
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”Let me in.” Sam said as he slid under the blanket in-between Juliette’s arm and the blanket. He only used a little so his body heat could give off a little more warmth for his girlfriend. It was one of the reasons he took off his shirt.
Sam smirked slightly into the fire when she said if he wanted to. ”Love talking about Sedna.” Sam said with a smirk as he leaned into her. His hand reached out for hers and he held it close his side closer to his side where it would be warmer. ”Sassy as they come. She’s gotta be like three hundred years old or something.” Sam said exaggerating her age.
”Old sha..woman? Medicine woman something like that? She’s of Raina’s village, anyways. She used to joke that in places like there village I was viewed as a god. Granted everything there was made of snow and Ice but it got me thinking, or at least a few seconds ago it got me thinking, If you can use light and turn to light… would you be able to control the sun?” Sam thought about it for a second then shrugged, ”Guess you’d have to get there first….” Sam looked to Juliette then smirked ”distraction.” and waved his free hand.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 4, 2017 14:39:46 GMT -6
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She was being polite. Not a lot of kids called him Mr. Johnson at least no one has in a while. It sounded forgein to him so he offred up a correction quickly. ”Sam. Call me Sam when you aren’t in my class.” Sam looked around for a clock then back to Gina, ”You aren’t in a class of mine are you?” he asked quickly before sipping his beer. He probably shouldn’t have been drinking if he was teaching a class though he was almost certain he wasn’t. If he was then the last few hours would have been a show for a student.
”I’m… okay…” he said thinking about it for a second then nodding his head. Sleep deprived and slightly intoxicated he was obviously tired. ”Long days… get used to it.” he shrugged.
”How have you been?” he thought about the next best thing, ”Haven’t seen you in a bit.” he sipped his beer, ”Busy?”
Posted by Cold Steel on May 30, 2017 19:45:37 GMT -6
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Sam shrugged, ”Could be? Keep an eye on it and we can figure it out when we get back? If it’s anything like my thermosense; coining that by the way more likely you’ll get some worse headaches.” Sam smirked slightly an shrugged his shoulders a bit not sure if that was the right thing to say. ”We’ll figure it out.”
When she said don’t worry about it he did his best not too but failed his train of thoughts already departed the station and he thought about several possibilities for portable rechargers for his girlfriend. She’d never be out of juice if he had anything to say about it.
Kissing her on the head again as she tried to snuggle into him more he pushed her away slightly and stood up going towards the direction of the sleeping bag. ”Distract you huh?” Sam took off his shirt and threw it near her so if she wasn’t looking she’d get a distraction one that might cause her to look towards him. She’d see he was then unzipping the sleeping bag to reveal it also doubled as a blanket big enough for two people. ”Maybe a little more warmth?” Sam asked as he walked back towards her and draped it on her.
”Hmmm... I ever tell you of Sedna?” Sam asked as he walked over to the fire and rolled another in the fire revealing burning side that gave off more heat. After a second he plopped back down to Juliette.
Posted by Cold Steel on May 30, 2017 19:27:24 GMT -6
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The ice-mancers feet dragged up the stairs one after another as a yawn was stifled with a beer can. It was morning or afternoon now; he was able to tell from the amount of sunlight shining through the windows. The Danger Room didn’t have windows or clocks unless they were programed to be there. This time however there wasn’t. Sam was feeling pretty fresh from an all nighter. One robbery and a fire managed to give him enough adrenaline to keep him going until an hour or so ago.
The beer was now his primary source of fuel. Normally it would have been whiskey or something stronger but he found lately beer was more than enough to give him a sense of what was real and what wasn’t. Maybe because he had been forced to slow down the drinking? Something he was grateful for and something he regretted. Less booze meant less sleep. After scaring the LED’s out of Juliette he tried to keep his sleep light and quick. Even if he wanted nothing more than to sleep next to her in his large, comfy… and … Sam sipped his beer again and held onto the other three still attached to the plastic holder.
His shirt slightly burned and torn he finished the last step and stretched his arm out with his beer. It was a school but as long as he wasn’t flaunting it, no body said too much. At least the students and staff (other than Gemma… Rudy… DJ Roomba… Doc…. And of course Juliette).
Rubbing the back of his head and sipping his beer again he raised an eyebrow at the greyed woman with claws and wings. A face he recognized instantly. Not because she volunteered at the mansion, nor the fact that she used to live there. It was because her face was in the video before the riots. Sam shifted uncomfortably and nodded his head, ”…. Yo…” her name escaped him.