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.
It was amazing... it was shocking... it was sick! Who would have thought that such an odor could come from such a little girl?! As the vehicle continued to race forward at what most people would call unsafe speed, Jacen's eyes narrowed at the same time as he tried to get his nostrils to narrow as well. This was wrong... he hadn't even eaten beans before going on this hunting trip and still he was subjected to the wonders of flatulance!
“Could you please slow down? Now. Please. Slow down." Slate asked, the wideness of his eyes betraying the calmness that he was projecting in his voice.
For a brief moment Jacen wanted to tell him no and press on with the chase. An officer had been injured by the creep that was just up ahead of the two patrol cars and that meant he deserved to pay even more than your normal criminal. But as much as Jacen wanted to press forward the training he had gone through was continueing to run though his mind. A police officer's job was to bring criminals to justice but first and foremost his job was to protect innocent civilians. Even though these three were mutants they were still civilians that needed protecting.
Slowly applying the brake Jacen could feel the regret deep down as he watched the speeding van dissapear along with the police cars that were trailing it. Reaching he over he flipped the switch that would turn off his police light. "This is officer King, badge number 72170. I am withdrawing from pursuit. Repeat, I am withdrawing from pursuit. Without sirens my vehicle is endangering civilians."
Placing the microphone back in its holder Jacen continued to slow the vehicle until he was just flowing along with traffic like any other traveler. "I hope the people at the mansion cane take care of your powers being on the fritz." He offered, trying to make himself forget about the high speed chase and his fellow officers that were at the moment risking their lives in order to bring a law breaker to justice, "Some of ya'll can do a lot of good with those abilities."[/B}
Jacen raised an eyebrow at Lori's artistic commentary as he continued climbing. He had only mentioned 'art deco' because it was one of the few art terms he knew. He didn't particularly know what it meant but occasionally it did make him sound smarter.
"Hope you don't have too much metal on you."
"Uh..." Jacen muttered as his mind suddenly kicked into high gear, trying to remember any and all metal that he had on his person. There was his belt buckle and keys in his pocket. Along with those two items it was probably a safe bet that his cell phone also had at least some small amounts of metal in it though not to much.
"How much is too much?" Jacen asked before suddenly he felt a tug on his body and he was floating up into the air. "Whoa!" It was probably the wierdest thing that Jacen had ever experienced, besides that time so many years ago when a mutant had healed him and saved him from death. Being levitated up to the highest point on the metal structure and then floating in mid-air was amazing and scary all at the same time.
"Maybe this is a stupid question but... does this only have an on/off switch or can you gradually lower or raise someone?" Jacen finally asked after a few minutes of floating. He wasn't asking to be let down quite yet since the floating in mid-air reminded him a lot of the experience of high altitude sky diving. Once a person had fallen a certain distance they reached maximum speed and it no longer felt like you were falling but instead felt like you were simply floating. Without the right monitors to keep an eye on altitude it would be easy for a diver to be deceived and wait to long before they pulled the cord that would release first a small parachute to slow then descent and then another cord that would release the main chute to give them a safe landing. Which, since he was thinking about sky diving...
"Have you ever been sky diving Lori?" Jacen called down to the blond woman from where he hovered above the earth, "Would you be interested in that kind of sport?"
As Lori begin her lecture about exactly why it was impossible to accomplish what he had asked all he could really do was quirk one eyebrow up in surprise. He didn't know much about magnetic field but his time in the army had most deffinatley taught him about trajectory and velocity. After all, part of his training had involved knowing how to fire bazookas and shoulder fired rockets. Unfortunately, other than the military he had rarely met anyone that understaood those principles as well as Lori obviously did.
Gripping Lori's hand Jacen followed along behind the young woman with a questioning look in his eyes that made clear the unspoken question in his mind. What was it that Lori thought was such a great idea? At least on the positive side of things she was promising that there wouldn't be any property damage.
Finally they arrived at what was apparently their destination and all Jacen could do was look at the object in wonder, awe, disbelief? No, if anything it was more like stunned surprise. This was it? This was what they had walked such a distance for? Lori had wanted to show him this twisted piece of metal?
"Uh... looks artsy." Jacen ventured slowly, "So you like modern art?"
And then, without the slightest hint of explanation Lori told him that he needed to climb up it about eight or ten feet. Jacen almost opened his mouth to complain but decided against it at the last moment. He wanted to give her a chance to demonstrate her abilities and besides, that pat on the backside was kinda nice.
"So what is this thing?" Jacen asked curiously as he grabbed onto the metal and began to make his way up it, "Some kind of art deco jungle gym or something?
It was amazing how nice the weekend had turned out for Jacen. He had thought he would end up spending a lot of his afternoon wondering about Lily and whether anything that had happened to them over the past few days had meant anything to her but Kealey had successfully kept him from thinking about his other blonde... friend except for a few times here and there.
She was an amazing girl. Kealey was most deffinately the type of girl you would take home to introduce to your mom if that's what you were interested in. Her playfulness and innocence made her the perfect companion to enjoy all kinds of activities with. As she gave him a final mischevous grin Jacen knew that he needed to thank her for the distraction. Impulsively he leaned over, pressing his leps gently against her for a few seconds before pulling back and giving her a smile.
"Thank you Kealey. I know you think you've been taking advantage of me but I've appreciated the distraction. You're a good friend."
Anyone that was experienced in kisses would have known that Jacen's kiss would have qualified as a thank you kiss between friends but it never occured to him that Kealey might be inexperienced and thus would read more into kiss that was truly intended.
"And as long as I'm not working, I think I can probably squeeze in the occasional meal with you." Jacen said with a quick wink before turning his attention back to the pretzel in his hand. Eating slowly Jacen leaned settled back against the bench and just continued watching the people. The doughiness of the pretzel combined perfectly with the the butter and salt that had been brushed and sprinkled over top of it. While deffinately not one of the healthiest snacks in the world it was extremely tasty.
"So do you want to stick to the people watching or are you going to let me take my chances on that shopping trip a little later?" He asked, flashing a quick grin at the young woman before taking another bite of his pretzel.
"Oh, I don't know." Jacen said with a laugh, "Since I didn't have any sisters it might be interesting to see a woman in her element, going from store to store and trying on one of everything."
Kealey's idea of people watching sounded interesting and as well as relaxing. Plus he still thought that watching her eat a pretzel could be very interesting. Things that to him seemed simple still caused the most amazing reaction in the simple young woman.
Following through on the idea Jacen led her to one of the small stands that was on the wooden walkway. "Two pretzels and two bottled waters." He ordered as he pulled out his wallet. Refusing to let Kealey pay this time Jacen paid for the food and drink before she could even dig for any money.
"There's a bench right over there." Jacen said, indicating a spot near the rag tiem band after he had grabbed both pretzels and water, "People always act more interesting when there's music around."
"Like a schlub?" Jacen asked with a slight grin, "I dunno... I betcha we'd both look pretty good after laying out in the sun and getting a nice tan."
A part of Jacen was amazed that Lori hadn't said anything about his arm being around her and he was even more amazed that she seemed to actually be snuggling just a little bit closer. Was she doing this just because she was a bit cold or was she doing it because she actually liked him? Or then again, maybe it was because she was bored and didn't know what else to say or do.
"Well... if you're really interested in showing me what you can do then why not just show me?" Jacen asked after a moment as a sly grin touched his lips. Scanning the bridge the man's sharp eyes picked out the exact item he was looking for. An old broken down junker with some type of note in its window, probably telling the highway patrol that a tow truck woudl be coming for it the next day.
"See that old car down there?" Jacen said as he pointed toward the vehicle, "Think you can catapault it over the island and get it in the river on the other side?" That would give the old battered vehicle a terrific splash down in the river that ran between New York City & New Jersey. If she could do it it would not only help her learn her own power and abilities but it would give her a chance to show off to him without actually damaging any property.
"Well, from what I understand the key to buying a woman lingerei is to make sure that it's something that she'll wear. After all, guys appreciate pretty much all of it." Jacen said with a grin as he shot a comment right back at Lori. The fact that she hadn't seen any vendors selling it didn't particularly phase him. After all, wasn't that was the internet was really for? To find the unfindable? "But you do have a point about it not staying on very long I suppose. I guess I better stick with the yellow bikini huh."
As Jacen stood looking out over the water he was also watching Lori out of the corner of his eye. From the ever so slightly sour expresison on her face it was no great leap to figure out that she didn't particularly care for the view. Apparently having some type of relationship with this woman was going to be harder than he thought. So far he hadn't discovered a single thing that she particularly liked other than showers and sex. Maybe there really was no chance of anything developing between them but he wasn't ready to give up yet. The game had only just begun and there were plenty more things to try. Of course, that relied on her being willing to try other things but he'd deal with that problem when he came to it.
Was that a shiver? Turning his head ever so slightly Jacen began to watch the young woman a little more closely. There was no discernable shaking going on in her body but she was crossing her arms over her chest as though trying to stay warm. And actually, it was a little cool out. "Damn!" Jacen mentally cursed himself, "Why didn't I think to bring a jacket?"
Walking over to Lori, Jacen slipped an arm around her as though it were the most normal thing in the world. As self reliant as she normally was there was no way he would even dream of making a comment about her being cold, especially with no jacket to offer her, so that meant he needed to play it off a different way.
"So tell me, since you obviously aren't big on scenic overlooks, what do you do for fun? I mean, obviously you have to do something other than rob banks and shower with strange men. Care to give me a hint here?"
"I make you weak? Somehow I doubt that." Jacen said with a chuckle as he pulled cash out of his wallet and laid it on the bill that the server had brought along with his shot of liquid courage several minutes before, "Even without your power you're a strong woman Lori. No question about it."
Leaning back against the cushions of his chair Jacen stretched as he idly scanned the restaurant one more time. It had been a pleasant enough dinner but there were more pleasant places to spend time together than sitting at a table in a restaurant. "You about ready to get out of here?" He asked as he turned his gaze back over to the blond woman, "We've got a bridge waiting for us."
"Yellow huh." Jacen said a few minutes later as the two made their way out the door of the restaurant. It was the perfect opportunity for a teasing comments and there was no way he could possibly resist. "So whenever I decided to buy you a bikini or some nice lingerei I should get yellow?" Jacen asked with an obvious twinkle in his eye, "Solid or polka dots?"
IC: The night was slightly cool, reflecting that fact that the seasons had only just left winter in favor of spring. Traffic along the Brooklyn Bridge was relatively light, at least for this particular bridge, but there were most deffinately still cars going by. Up above the semi-busy road was the elevated pathway designed for both walkers and bicyclists. As always at night, large spotlights were shining on the bridge's towers to highlight the artistic side of the structure.
"Think you can manage to walk a straight line after those beers?" Jacen teased his blond companion as they strolled along the bridge, "Or do you think I need to carry you?"
This was the beginning of what Jacen hoped would develop to be more than a friends with benefits relationship. Sure he and Lori had enjoyed the showers and physicalness of their relationship, but spending so much time together had begun to make him wonder whether it was possible the could have more.
Finally as they neared the center of the bridge Jacen made his way over to the railing and looked out at the city and all of the well lit buildings that made up the beautiful skyline of New York City. "I heard right." Jacen said quietly, "It is quite a view."
Jacen was somewhat dumbfounded as he watched Lori get up and walk off, apparently at least a little bit upset by his answer. Why did women always do that? They asked these questions that in their mind made perfect sense but in actuality only made sense if you knew what the woman had been thinking. What did Lori think he was? A friggin' mind reader?
Sighing to himself Jacen ate the last few bites of his steak on autopilot as his mind re-ran the question through his mind several time. Combining that question with the way Lori had responded to his answers there was really only one area that she could have meant. Their relationship. Now the real question was, what was she wanting from him? Did she have her heart set on some deep declaration of love or did she expect him to laugh it off? Why in the world did women always have to make it so difficult?!
"Uh... can I get a shot of the strongest stuff you have back in the bar?" Jacen asked when the waitress walked over to leave a new beer for Lori, "And I'll give you an extra $10 if you can get it here before my friend comes back!"
***
One whiskey shot later Jacen was feeling at least a touch better. The alchol had burned quite nicely going down his throat and even now he could still feel the warmth pooling in his gut. Ok... if she wanted to talk about relationships he was ready. Maybe it had taken a little bit of liquid courage, but he was ready.
"Well, since you give me the option of starting easy, my favorite color is deep blue." Jacen replied in all seriousness after Lori had taken her seat, "As for the more difficult question, I'm doing this because I like you. I can't make any grandiose statement of undying love and affection if that's what you're wanting to hear but I do care about you and what happens to you. Will it ever turn to love? Can't say really. Only time can answer that question. I'm just trying to enjoy what we have right now and I'll deal with the future when it comes."
Hopefully the honest approach would be the best one to take with Lori. He really had no clue as most women seemed to get extra emotional as soon as feelings and relationships were brought up. He didn't think Lori would be one of those, but really there was no way to tell for sure. At least, there was no way to tell until she reacted to his statement.
A hook up with the city's power supply? That was most definitely a question that Jacen didn't want to ask right this moment. In fact, it would be best to cross that bridge when they finally made it to the bridge. At that point they would have to decide about Lori's little, or not so little, trick. Heck, as long as she could guarantee that no innocents would get hurt he might even let her show off a little. Property damage was one thing but hurting civilians was quite another.
As a rather pleasant silence settled down over them once more, Jacen once again turned his attention back to the food that was sitting before him. There was still about half a baked potato as well as three or four bites of steak to finish and those bites of food were beginning to mock him. Looking at them carefully Jacen made his decision and in just a few minutes made short work of the starchy potato. With that particular item out of his way it was time to look once again to the main course. The beauty of a well cooked Ribeye was something special Jacen just had to allow himself a moment to appreciate the tenderness and moistness of the meat that continued to call out to him. Yes, this meal would have a very nice ending.
"Hmmmm." Jacen said, lifting his gaze back up to Lori as the beginning of her question penetrated his brain. "Sure, go ahead. It's your turn to ask questions anyway."
"Why...? Why are you trying... this...?"
Raising an eyebrow Jacen did his best to process the question. Since it hadn't been stated very clearly it would be quite difficult for him to give a clear answer but he would do his best. Of course, first he had to decide what in the world she was referring to!
"If you mean the steak," Jacen began slowly as he glanced back down at the meat on his plate, "I happen to consider the Ribeye to be a cut of meat that far surpasses even the Filet and New York Strip. If you mean dinner in general, then it's exactly what I said earlier. I wanted a chance to spend time with you while fully clothed."
Spearing a piece of meat on his fork, Jacen lifted the food half way to his mouth as his eyes flicked back up to Lori once more. "And if you're referring to anything else then you'll have to be a bit more specific."
And with that the moment of triumph had arrived. Popping the still warm piece of steak in his mouth, Jacen chewed with obvious enjoyment and relish while waiting for Lori to clear things up a little.
Mental Note: Lori was not a fan of the cheesy pick up lines that so many women seemed to go crazy over.
"Lame triggers your gag reflex huh." Jacen replied with a slight chuckle, "So what would honest trigger then? Why don't we try it and find out. Lori, your a smart sexy woman that I would like to hang out as more than just shower buddies. I'm not the biggest fan of large building that sway back and forth in the breeze so how about going to the Brooklyn Bridge and looking at the city skyline while being at least a little bit away from the city?
Taking a bite of his steak, Jacen chewed thoughtfully as he raised one eybrow in curiosity. So now Lori was out to show off with some tricks that would be neat as long as he didn't consider the property damage that went along with them. "Give in... or don't give in. Give in... or don't give in." The police officer mused back and forth as he continued to watch his betwitching dinner partner.
"How about we wait and see where the evening goes and I'll make that decision at the bridge." Jacen said with a slight chuckle as he reached over to finish off the last of the beer in his mug, "Sound fair?"
The interesting was actually beginning to sound more and more like the kind of date that normal people enjoyed. Meeting at the apartment, dinner at a nice steakhouse, a walk in the night air under the stars... yep, normal. Well, all except for that idea of a trick but hey, they were mutants. Normal wasn't supposed to be part of their vocabulary now was it.
Apparently Lori wasn't going to make this easy on him because instead of simply accepting the idea of an evening spent doing something that didn't involve either a bedroom or a shower she was asking questions that put the ball right back in his court. Now the question was just how forward should he be? Remain cautious and come up with some line of crap that wasn't the truth or did he go for broke?
"Maybe I'd just like to spend time with you where we happen to keep our clothes on." Jacen replied with a touch of a sly grin as he settled for something in between. A combination of both the truth as well as the kind of romantic lines that most woman seemed to appreciate, "And then again maybe I just want to see how beautiful you look out in the moonlight."
Taking another bite of his steak, Jacen lifted his eyes to once again focus on Lori as he waited to see whether he had made the right call. If not she would obviously make some type of excuse and head off for wherever she was planning on spending the night. If he had made the right call then maybe, just maybe, there was the chance of their being more than just lovers and shower buddies.
Though not extremely obvious, anyone paying attention would have noticed the surprise on Jacen's face. He never in a million years would have guessed that what she really wanted was attention. Surely she had plenty of attention especially when it came to the opposite sex. That meant, if Jacen was right, what she really wanted was attention for a specific reason. Maybe that was the real problem. She got so much attention for her body that she wanted to be noticed for other things. Perhaps she just wanted to be noticed for the person that she really was.
Turning his attention to the food in front of him Jacen was silent as he focused on eating his salad. Being as hungry as he was the tangy ceasar salad dissapeared in a matter of moments and he then turned his attention to the steak and baked potato that were now left in front of him.
"The real question is what next." Jacen reflected as he cut off a piece of steak and then began to chew it thoughtfully, "She's admitted she wants attention but there's no where I can infer that to mean that she wants my attention."
It was the normal problem with any sort of relationship. The concern of being to forward tempered by the concer of not being forward enough. Would it be wrong to ask Lori on a normal date as something other than just bedroom buddies? Sure they were having dinner but that wasn't surprising after the kind of day they had gone through. What he needed to do was perform a test. Some sort of experience that would be out of the norm for the two of them and require Lori to make a decision. Did she just want showers or did she want a relationship?
"Ever been out on the Brooklyn Bridge before?" Jacen asked the question out of the blue with his eyes focused on the steak. Currently he was carving off another piece to eat but his mind was a million... no... only maybe ten miles away planning out the next step, "I hear it's got quite a view of the city at night."
The pure glee that sounded in Kealey's laughter was just amazing. Never before had Jacen met a woman that was so pure and innocent. Sure she had experienced some of the worst emotions around because of her feelings other peoples emotions but when she could shut off those other feelings and simply enjoy her own thoughts she was like a child. The whole world was a playground just waiting to be discovered.
"Well impressing the un-impressable is one of my specialties." Jacen replied with a grin as he began to lead Kealey away from the 'statue' and resume their walk along the wooden pier. The sound of an old style rag time band could be heard on the breeze along with the laughter and general good natured talking of the passerbyes. Just being with Kealey seemed to open Jacen's eyes to the wonder of all that was around him. Sure he had been here before but watching her reactions to the sights and sounds made everything seem a touch more magical than it had been before.
"As long as we keep walking this direction I think we can probably make a stop over in the Pier 17 Mall." Jacen said with a grin, finally going back to a subject that he had also noted seemed to make the young woman light up, "Since we just had lunch we probably won't do a meal but maybe I'll introduce you to the joys of a soft baked pretzel."
