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.
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Shin grimaced. "Tarin said he contacted... the police about Lee, but... there wasn't enough to go on. I'm not sure if there was anyone that would have taken her... after Romania, maybe... someone out for revenge maybe? I just don't know, though." Shin muttered. "They were happy, yeah. He said she was expecting... God. It's all so much so fast... Kealey, what can I do?"
The cup was still in his hands. He really didn't feel like drinking it. He took a drink anyways. He needed something to help take his mind off of this. He really hated bringing her down like this. "I'm sorry," Shin tried to smile at her. "This is all probably way too much for you, too..."
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Shin took the cup. "Thanks," He said, smiling weakly at her. The smile vanished as he started his story. "When I went over to my friend Tarin's house, I found out his wife is missing. She's gone, and it doesn't appear as if she left on her own. Her clothes are still there, and she forgot important things she'd have taken otherwise... Tarin hasn't seen or heard from her in a while. He was pretty beat up about it, drinking... depressed. It took me and Lenna to get him going again, to give him a handle on the situation... hence the wine. We took all his alcohol from him. Lenna didn't want him escaping into the bottle. Escaping into a bottle isn't the way..." Shin looked at the cup in his hands.
"So you can see why I'm not really feeling so hot."
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Shin blinked at the bottle in his hand. "Oh, this? This is mainly for you... I, uh... don't drink wine." He glanced around for somewhere to set it, and settled for her nightstand. Shin pulled out the chair and sat down, heavily. He slumped forward in the chair and shook his head. He was suddenly exhausted. "Even if I did, I don't have a wine bottle opener..." Though he could honestly use something to drink.
"I got some bad news when I went over to a friends tonight... I need to talk about it. I'm not quite sure how to react. It's major..."
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They'd talked. Plans had been made, and ideas had bounced around like red and blue spheres in Sebastian's ball pit of youth. It had been heavy, but Tarin, Lenna, and Shin had gotten through it. They had worked together. And then, Shin had gone home.
He still didn't quite know what to do with himself after the big talk. It was all so overwhelming, so shocking, he still couldn't believe it. Lee was missing, Tarin had taken up drinking... and he had a bottle of wine. He didn't even drink wine. What was he going to do with it? How was he going to help Tarin deal with Lee's absence? How would this change everything? It changed everything. And he still had that wine...
Maybe Kealey liked wine?
He supposed he could give the woman the bottle? Maybe she'd like it and find some use for it? Or maybe he could give it to Aurum? Cooking wine? Was this cooking wine? Was Aurum a wine guy? Shin just didn't know.
He wasn't sure how it had happened, but as he'd pondered all these things, he'd wound up in front of Kealey's bedroom door. He was still wearing his white coat. He glanced up and down the hallway and then he knocked on the door. He felt out of place there at the moment, uncertain of what to do, with a bottle of red wine in-hand and a white coat over his shoulders.
Maybe Kealey would have answers as well as an appetite for wine...
Really, it was one whole bottle. What else could they do but drink it?
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Shin couldn't help but smirk. Ah, the addiction was progressing nicely. "By all means," He said, gesturing for her to retake the computer as he backed away. She couldn't well catch up if he were blocking the screen, now could she?
Shin slipped back to the bed, grabbing his text book and kicking his shoes off along the way. He curled up atop it, amid the plushies and the pillows, and cracked the book. His eyes fell to the page. He focused on studying, and left her to the comic.
Later, there would be much talk, much sharing of epic fan art, amazing music, and possibly clothes. For now, she had to catch up to him. Kealey was in for a roller coaster ride.
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>>”Speaking of which….”
"You can borrow it," Shin read her mind. He didn't have to outline any rules for her. She knew the drill. He trusted she wouldn't break it, or download anything that'd ruin his computer. He didn't have anything to hide, either. Although... Shin suddenly remembered something. He got to his feet, and stepped around her to mess with the laptop mouse. "Remember that trip to the New York Aquarium?" He asked.
The window shrunk as it was minimized. Shin brought them to the desktop background. It was a picture of Shin and Kealey at the aquarium, posing for the camera. Shin had one arm wrapped around her shoulders. The other was thrust forward in a 'V'. They were both smiling. It was a good picture.
"Background," He smiled. "If you find anything cool, you can change it, but... I doubt there's anything out there cooler than this."
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"Yeah," Shin replied somewhat hesitantly. "I'll be able to manage... somehow. And I'll help with some of that 'sponsor' stuff too, I guess." He guessed. Unlike Lenna, Shin didn't get the 'free alcohol' side of it all. He just wanted to help Tarin by removing the temptation and being a good friend. It didn't even occur to him he could drink the stuff.
"So, Lenna... how were you planning to help us find Lee? Tarin... do you have any ideas? I have some, but... Lenna might have to sit elsewhere, if I want to be thinking at full force again."
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"Fantastic," Shin replied wryly, closing the book. Yeah. He couldn't concentrate at all now. She was being cute again. Shin set the book aside, and pushed off the bed, bridging the gap between the two of them to plop down behind her, on the other side of the chair. He grinned up at her upside-down face for a second. Then, Shin leaned forward to plant a kiss on her forehead. "I thought you'd like it." He said softly.
He'd hoped. He'd gotten his wish.
"I need someone to talk about this thing with. Think you can catch up with me? Gotta warn you. It's easier getting caught up than you'd think."
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She made a good point. Shin almost wanted to agree with her. How could she possibly be too cute? But then, she made another good point, and Shin matched her, smirk for smirk.
"Exactly," he said.
Special occasions.
They lingered a moment at the bus stop, both smirking. Shin finally broke the pause, looking towards the bus. He stepped forward, snagging her hand, and pulled her onto the bus with him, playful grin on his face. "Hurry up. We don't want to miss it~" He laughed.
The bus doors closed behind them. The bus pulled away.
"That sure is one flighty broad, huh?" Shin plopped down on her bed and opened his textbook. It was time for some studying (argh). He grinned to himself as he tried focusing on the book, but there was something about this 'camaraderie'. What was it about this disease called... friendship? It made him want to join her in reading the web comic. There was also the fact that Kealey reading web comics was adorable on so many levels. Then again, what wasn't with Kealey? Why, he supposed she could feed a whale to a giant beast of the deep whose scream could permeate the minds of the living, wiping out all surface-dwellers in a single moment... and it would still be cute.
He turned a page, staring sternly at the writing upon it. What was he studying again? Oh right, history. Joy.
Shin smirked to himself as he read, surreptitiously sneaking glances at his webcomic-reading cute girlfriend.
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Half an hour later, Shin strolled back in.
Yes, he'd actually just done that. He'd left his girlfriend on her own with a web comic, so she could stew in the revelawesomesauce that is John Egbert. By now, she had to be at least somewhat far in the beginning. Perhaps she was at a point where his laptop, much like Rose's, severely needed that thing which all laptops do: Power. Perhaps this extension cord would be a beneficial thing, both for himself, and for her, the burgeoning addict? Perhaps... he could Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps all day? That wouldn't help here. Instead, he reentered her world, power cord held out in front of him like a knight in shining armor holds the shield, to stall the stares of the Gorgon, lest they be frozen in their tracks.
Someone had warned him about stares, obviously. He was not worried. He was only prepared.
Shin kneeled down by the electrical socket, plugging the cord in. He popped the other end into his laptop, and smiled innocently at her. One could almost see the angelic halo floating over his head! Man, he had to get on that, seriously. It'd probably be the cutest thing.
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Shin nodded.
He moved across the room to set his laptop up, popping the screen and booting it on. He tapped a few keys, face locked intently on the task for the moment, casual smile on his face. He chuckled smugly to himself as he brought up page one of Homestuck, on the MS Paint Adventures web page.
Shin looked to Kealey and grinned. "Who is this young man!?" He asked.
Shin stepped away from the table, pulled a chair up from somewhere, and set it in front of the table for Kealey.
Power cord, power cord... He patted himself down. It suddenly occurred to him, the battery might run dry.
Shin looked towards the door. "I'll... be right back. You read that! Let me know what you think!"
And he was out the door, without another word, off to his room for the power cord. He'd leave her to his web comic, in his absence~
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Shin smiled at Kealey. "I got caught up temporarily. Is there a place for me to set this?" He slipped into her room, glancing around.
Her room was messy again. He was used to it by now. It was a constant flux of organized chaos. That was just how she worked. One new project stood out, amid the chaos. Plastic bags were arranged purposefully on the main flat work space she had, her table. He'd have to ask her about those later. For now, he searched out other spaces. The bed was flat, but covered by their ever-expanding plush army. The floor was no-good. A nightstand had him worried. He didn't want the laptop to slip off the small stand. He also didn't want her to have to read his laptop's screen from over his shoulder, or off his lap. It seemed there just weren't currently any good places to set the laptop down.
He set his book down on the bed, so he could hold the laptop in two hands, then looked hopefully to Kealey. "Can you move your project so I can set my laptop down? I've got something to show you."
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((OOC: Sunday, October 3rd.))
It looked like a whole lot. A never-ending torrent of web comic updates. The appearance was a lie. After the 3-day bender, reading panel after panel, log after chat log, he found himself not-so-literally hunched in the tub with his knees against his chest, rocking back and forth from withdrawal, hand on the f5 key, hoping for an update fix. He was an addict. Shin... was an addict to a web comic.
Shin needed... Shin needed someone to talk about this with. Thankfully, Shin had a very supportive girlfriend he could always count on, who humored his interests. THANKFULLY... Shin had someone he could also get hooked.
~*~
Shin knocked on Kealey's door, laptop in-hand like he was the pizza man. He had a delivery. One addiction, with extra cheese. He also had a text book smooshed under one arm. While she was studying the difficult webcomic, he would goof off with his text book. It'd be a blast.
It was Sunday. Had he mentioned that?
Not only was it an addiction. It was also a new religion.