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.
Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, You in mid-air. Send in the clones.
Isn't it bliss? Don't you approve? One who keeps tearing around, One who can't move. Where are the clones? Send in the clones.
Just when I'd stopped opening doors, Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours, Making my entrance again with my usual flair, Sure of my lines, No one is there.
Don't you love farce? My fault I fear. I thought that you'd want what I want. Sorry, my dear. But where are the clones? Quick, send in the clones. Don't bother, they're here.
Isn't it rich? Isn't it queer, Losing my timing this late In my career? And where are the clones? There ought to be clones. Well, maybe next year.
**“Now that you know about us, and my leadership of the Kabal,” “I have a small request. I would like to meet with the Order’s leaders; I don’t intend for the Kabal to interfere in your business, and I doubt you will interfere in ours. Is there any chance that you could help arrange such a meeting?” “For a little over a month from now “I fear I will be out of the country next month, rebuilding a school.”
“I think a month will allow me the necessary time to convince Syn, that you are indeed not him. Still gotta figure out what it is she has against you brother. If nothing else we’ll keep you out of trouble with them during the meeting. Though if it is simply a matter of staying out of each others business I think we will be fine.” Abyss replied sincerely with ease, fighting with slate and Calley would be akin to fighting his blood…never mind the fact that Deathstar ran with the xmen and he once was quite intent on killing his parents… so if he really thought about it he ranked them higher then fighting with relatives.
~~ “Pokemon,” “can’t touch this.”
Mercury’s eyes lit up even more. “ Wait but no you actually can pokemon! If you just carried around a little ball and said I choose you electgriff and then tossed the ball and mad him appear…it’d be perfect. Your power is pokemon.” Mercurcy looked absolutely thrilled by this revelation. Pluto nodded in agreement
Mars cautious put a hand on calley’s shoulder. “Don’t take offense to that, between the two of them they own and have caught them all, leveled them all up to max on all of the versions. It’s ludicrous, but If you went with it they might claim you as a deity.”
“ah I prefer a amaretto if I’m drinking. I think you know that though.”he shrugged. Favorite colors, favorite drinks, who’d mind the difference.
"Perhaps flattered that you thought so little of me."
“Its just that so few like their middle name, its like they save that slot for the crummy name.” he shrugged, still trying to read if he was on to something.
"I'd accuse you of thinking me mundane, but it's really my parents you're insulting with guesses like that." "You make me wish I'd taken Latin.". "I give up. What does Pallax and Vulpes mean?”
“Pallax is akin to seductive and Vulpes, Fox. Lori Pallax Vulpes Faust.” He nodded to him self.
"Company car or not," "I'll save it for my rust bucket, thank you."
“Buckle on up then little lady, I’ll do my best to avoid any sudden movements.”
"With your size you shouldn't have to pay at all if you didn't want to, and if the doorways give you any trouble, send 'em to me."
“watching my brothers throw their weight around gets old. I much prefer civility. Usually.”
"I know a thing or two about teaching lessons to inanimate objects."
“milk for instance? You’d be surprised how much people don’t appreciate you remodeling their businesses.”
They pulled onto the path and then the road. And were heading to little china at a decent rate. He could smell it, She hadn’t been simply joking. And the festival seemed to amplify it for everyone’s smelling pleasure.
He fought saying ‘pretty much.’ and continued walking.
"And well you should ease me into it. If I have to sit through another long explanation about what your middle name means, my head might burst from all the learning you're forcing on me!"
“Oh, I dunno it’s fairly common, I am sure you’v heard it, it is a stamp of greatness, plenty of legends across time have it.”
"I don't mess with the pansy stuff. Black tea for me if we have to pick them. Red tea kind of tastes like mold to me and that powder green tea stuff is like chalk." “Pansy stuff? I suppose you drink your tea cold too? Iced tea is rubbish.”
"You wish." "No middle name here. Maybe I'll adopt your practice and make up words that only I will know and secretly insult the rest of the piddly beings on this planet."
His eyes narrowed on her face, he wasn’t quite sure if he believed that…a try to public data.com might be in store for miss Faust, though once he knew could he keep his face strait?
“Hmmm, would you be mad if I found out you were bluffing right now? Perhaps something as simple as Anne, Lori anne. But if we are going to give you something from my made up language of latin. Pallax or Vulpes would due. ”
"I haven't driven a car since I was..." "20. Heh. Didn't work out too well after my power manifested. Try not to get too crazy and maybe your Jeep'll even make it there."
He shrugged. “ I couldn’t care less about it, it’s a company car. And as you can imagine we are sure to get natural disaster coverage.”
"That's why I thought to modify this junker." "Shield the wires for sure and your alternator idea was a good one too."
“ I like it, Maybe a bit of grounding to the steering wheel if can manage it.”
“China town is great this time of year, but it makes me feel even bigger than usual.”
"You get size envy?"
“should I? no, I think not.” First answering her unspoken jest, Second he elaborated honestly.
“I’m not too worried about admiting that I do feel bulky sometimes, its just the doorways are so tiny, and I have turn sideways and duck and bend, it isn’t convenient and also any buffet owners get nervous at the sight of me. Half the time I offer to pay for two up front. Though if we are going to a festival I imagine I might be safe.”
"Intempa-wha? Really? That's the name you want to saddle yourself with?"
“In temp est I vus, english would have you believe intempestive means unseasonable, but latin would inform you that Intempestivus means quick witted and strikingly intelligent.” He said as his arms scooped the laughing girl up under her arms and twirled her around to stand in front of him.
"And what kind of "tea" is that for your middle name? Black tea? Green? Or maybe red..."
“T is an initial, I thought I’d ease you into it. but if I had to pick it would be green Tea. What about you miss Faust, any middle names bogging you down? Something sassy?”
She was cute, she was smart, humorous not quite loyal, but then all of the pictures in the house were facing down… it made him wonder about the home life…he’d just have to remain the man that he was and see if he couldn’t be a bit of a solid fixture in her life. Who the hell was tryng to change her, if it was that punk with a truck fetish he might actually have a bone to pick even if it was just himself or he had to do it as a human.
“You want to drive? Or you want me to?”
He tossed the keys up in the air and caught them again as they rounded on the jeep.
“China town is great this time of year, but it makes me feel even bigger than usual.”
He picked his Yankees cap up off the ground and put it on back wards only wincing slightly as it moved the cut slightly.
"I really do want to get that car functional. But I'm not quite sure where to start beyond the obvious. I could care less if get dirty."
“ A slight smirk hit his lips. “ I’m sure there is a bit of innuendo there, only if I could find it.”
“I like a challenge, I know the general idea behind the engine in theory…but theory to reality is another thing completely. Though with Jupiter in my head I could probably manage
"Or~ I have a better idea." "China town is having a tasting tour. They got all kinds of wacky sh*t. Octopi. Preserved eggs. Turtle soup. Haven't been there yet, but you can smell it from here."
“I like it, sounds interesting, in a might eat something deadly today kind of way. I’ll eat anything you will. And maybe some you won’t.” Challenge!
"Do you have a middle name Mars?"
“Legally no.” he smirked. “Technically, I only have a nick name, awarded to me mostly on the fact that we needed something that was.” Air quotes. “ Cool" end quotes " and recognizable as a set.”
“Have I given my self a middle and last name since then, yes.”
Before she could set to the task of re clothing her feet, he decided to take over. his fingers brushed hers away as his other took her left ankle, He untied her shoe and took it off of her, he moved up and freed her little pale peachy foot. He then did so with the other, holing out his hands for the socks he put the fresh ones on her and then the shoes tying small efficient loops on both.
He smiled at her not waning to admit his eccentrics. He sighed and then said it.
~~"The problem seems to be that you cannot yet open the void to give your brothers the boot, remember?"
“Well we seem to have a pair of problems neither of us knows how to fix, or even if they need fixing, lets go work on the car? That is strait forward and a simple thing to make work.”
He then looked at her hands that were now clean…”Or we can not get dirty, again.”
He wasn’t sure what she needed but she didn’t want to talk about it and he was just as ready to go ouside and do something functional. He wanted something tactile to do.
Sitting idly in the kitchen didn’t quite appeal to him at the moment.
“Or we could go look for a book or vintage manual on the beast out there. Jupiter says it looks like fun, and the rest appreciate the mobsterness of it.”
He looked at her, “ Hell, lets just go have some fun, you’d think that’d be easy in this city.”
"You should pull away as soon as the tide is low and the pull is weakest. It'd be the best for all involved, but for now you ain't goin' no where."
“Either you weren’t listening or you are unbelieving, I understand.” He sighed lightly. “I really do.” It was his opinion that this little bird would fly off into the night and return one day thinking it would be too late.
"Don't go getting too attached. I'd hate to have you and 7 others coming after me in a tizzy too."
He laughed shaking his head," I am afraid that it is to late, but I am quite content that it is. However if ever talk to you that way hit me with a shovel again, or undress me in the front yard and have your way with me, whatever would mke you feel better...”
"If I needed to change... if things should be different... would you push me?"
“Would you want me to? I certainly wouldn’t stop you from pushing yourself. Change, is an interesting thing indeed. Change for the sake of its self is folly, a bit of self improvement is never bad,”
He paused.
“I suppose I would want to know the context of such a hypothetical.”
He walked over and turned off the water for her.
“Do you want to change? What defines the need to change? Who is to say things should be different.”
He stopped himself again and motioned for her to turn around.
“I would have you be who you want to be, who you are regardless.”
He made eye contact.
“If you are changing for the better, or changing for the worse, If you require me to spur you on to greater heights, or reign you in from forgetting who you are. I’d be happy to, but quite honestly I see nothing wrong with who you are.”
“What seems to be the problem?” If she could read him like a book, there was one word etched on this particular page, illustrated and illuminated in calligraphy, Concerned.
"So the red head is with us already, well then? I suppose we need to move Fiona up on that list." He motioned to the list that made its way around the table with Fiona as potential. "With all this in mind, and all we need to accomplish, the four of us need to get together a bit more as we would work better with shared knowledge, keep all of us on the same base."
Abyss looked at the others. " shall we do this on a quarterly basis? meet back here every three months to keep each other updated?"
He paused and then pondered momentarily. " of course there isn't anything stopping us from doing so intermittently, but I think that a planned meeting would do us well, "
He nodded confidently and held up his coffee. "To the future and us pulling its strings."
He would start shopping for land. He wanted something along one of their mountain ranges.
Mars listened in stunned silence and let her speak the song, poetry off of her electric lips. He wrapped his arms around her and simply hugged her ignoring the rowdy riffraff in his head.
After holding her a long peaceful while, he spoke softl into her ear.
“I find it interesting that you make me want you even more, still. I think I can’t yearn for you more and I do. We are a magnet and metal, we are the moon and the tide, we are too right and yet so wrong, perfection and disaster. I would have it no other way, so long as we mean you and me.”
It wasn’t as polished as the song of hers but neither had it existed before this moment.
His body closed around her, his shoulders hunched and his knees rose, his arms enveloped the rest and he breathed her in he sought the closeness that the both wanted. His lips found her cheek and hovered there and finally put a delicate touch there. He wanted to keep her with him there,he wanted to keep her always yet she was a flame, the tighter you held her and the more you might burn and even worse the less she burned altogether. His body receded from around her except for his still comforting arms. He sighed happily and leaned back as he held her there.
"Very astute, ass-face. Him, of course, not you, dear."
“Thanks. And he stopped laughing…for a moment. heh”
"I am disappointed not to be awarded Nemesis, but I guess he'd have to admit to hubris for that. Well, if we're doling out mythological equivalents, I'd like to assign Pluto Apate from Pandora's box."
Assface said he was Sisyphus and the void was the rock, he managed to toss the boulder on my shoulders, just to clarify. And as far as Pluto goes, I think we could find worse for him, perhaps Jason, post circe, pre saving? And Pluto says a lot of things that will never reach the world around us because they aren’t worth hearing.” He waited a moment and looked satisfied with the conversation in his head.
"Nothing good."
“Sounds fun.”
"Why do you do that."
"Why do you... share? You said to take his side and so I did. Most wouldn't have even thought to offer..."
“I am not most, and I think circles around the Most, you speak of. I did it for you, of course. I never asked you to be mine and only mine, I might if I thought you’d bite.SO that in mind, If I care about you, and I do, why would I want to take my happiness over yours, you obviously care for him, the expression on your face when he was disappointed with you, well, it left me little choice on what I needed to do, for you. I’ll care about you, whether a boy walks up throwing a tantrum, and if you hit me with a shovel and much more still, Don’t confuse this with me being a pushover, It is more an absolute value, yours happiness provides quite a bit of mine. Logic says you must nurture, to see fruits bared. So I will release you, if I must and wait for you to fly back.”
“Besides, I take being your favorite book, quite seriously.” He gave her a peck on the fore head. He had closed the boys off from all of this.
~~"so... Pluto is in there as well as the others. Even Abyss?"
“Yup, he is laughing, a lot about the situation. He says it’s like Sisyphus getting the stone on top of the hill ”
~~"Love is like war; easy to begin but hard to stop."
“oh.” And by oh he meant Ouch, he wondered momentarily how a man that would throw a tantrum like that had warranted her love where he had merited a shovel…Venus had some quick answers that made him want smother the duplicate. Or had he simply merited more caution perhaps they didn’t need to be in love…she certainly didn’t seem too comfortable in love.
"And if this happened because you went into Jacen's uh--area of effect, then Abyss would need to go next time so then he will be the main squeeze again. Good luck keeping certain others away..."
“Yeah, Jupiter and Pluto seem to think this would be fun, they would want to give the reigns back in minutes as well, I guarantee it
"Bleeding is down to a minimum." "You'll figure it out."
He resisted rubbing the back of his head even though he wanted to see if he was bleed blue or red. he also managed not to take too much advantage of the fine little thing on his lap.one hand wrapped around and rest on a thight while another set on one of her itty bitty ankles.
“thank you, and I am sure I will, perhaps I could just kick them all out and not worry about it. In fact that may be for the best, it would definitely keep Jacen a bit more out of harms way if you don’t tell us how to find him.” he tilted his head looking at her face, “I like your freckles.” "All those guys in there... they can tell what's going on out here?" "I mean, until you figure out how to open the void, that's like a captive audience, right?"
“Mhmmm, they are. I would say they are an audience that has my mind captive, but yes, I can relay as much or as little as I like to them, with out actual sense experience. Think of it as being on a phone with someone and having them describe the situation, why, what’d you have in mind?”
"I don't know what I have either, but the shovel seemed appropriate given that you told me to side with him if I wanted to ever hope to have any of his attentions again. How very altruistic of you."
“I told you to hit me?” Sarcasm to stunned realization in a second flat. “I might as well have told you to hit me.” It was almost like he didn’t remember what he had done that day until he thought about it, it was just that about ten minutes ago he was doing seven different things in seven different places. And only two of them include this woman…and even one of those was more to the woman’s room.
His calf brown eyes looked at her confused again for a second. before the red kicked in.
~~"I'll survive"What's wrong with you? I mean, yeah - sorry about the shovel," "but your skull has got to be thicker than that..."
“ My hair is normally thicker then that, much less my skull.” Was mars off the cuff response, he was still very disoriented with the whole situation, he was pretty sure he could remember the other guys more recent thoughts…and now they were in his head.
~~"Inside then."
~~"Sit. Start at the beginning and maybe I'll take you to where he lives."
“ A minute ago, I wasn’t me…I wasn’t there at all….it was all of us, none of us. It wasn’t even, Abyss.” He paused for a moment to gather his thoughts as best he could and then turned the volume up for her as she was out of the room.
“SO, any way, The guys say to call him earth.” Yes they said so in his head. Abyss was still just laughing at him, it was helpful. “so anyway, We were human, a single human there for a moment, and now I am the one with them in my head. I think I have inherited the void….the control and the responsibility….my brothers are now in my head and I have to figure out, how to open the void and kick them out. and…”
He took a breath. “I think he is a schmuck, I would say sorry , but I won’t respect someone who can t appreciate you. But I need him to reverse this.”
“I want to make, Jacen give it back to Abyss, it should only be a matter of getting abyss close to him…if it is only proximity, if it his choice well, I will need to talk him into it.” or torture as much as necessary. “but that also means I have to figure out how to open the void…”
He would have slumped back if his head wasn’t being cleaned as the mutation took over the red blood was beginning to be replaced by a darker more purple blood, it almost looked like ink, as the purple pushed the red out of the way the originally abrasion would be easy to identify, if it wasn’t for all that black hair.
“ oh and Pluto put a gallon of rotten milk in a tray, in the duct of your room at the sanctuary. I’ll take care of it for you.”
It took her a while but she seemed to finally drift off, her breathing was quiet and precious, He wanted to go find Sebastian now so she could wake up with out a reminder of some subway scumbag. But he doubted that she needed to be woken up to another fright. And him plus a unicorn might not be the most pleasant though, he bet a unicorn might retract a bit from the devilish part of him. He wanted to protect the girl but couldn’t if she refused. Hopefully she would call him if there was too much trouble.
His lids finally fell and he drifted off to sleep his fingers may have found her way to her hip at some point in the night, but his dreams found their way to a lot more.
A cathedral on top of some rolling grass green hills were the back drop, a clear sky and a fresh breeze drifted by playfully. Kealey…in a less then realistic nun out fit and more like one that might be found in his closet sprawled in the lush and comfy grass she looked up to him not lustfully, but with caring, she becokended to him and he lay by her side. She set up for a second and he freed her from the headdress that hid some of the nuns features. Her hair bounce out of the hood and lay in in a pretty pool of contrast on the green blades. He drew her to him and the kissed at first innocently exploring and then passionately, he was above her. And less of her out fit remained in the way. She smiled sweetly but put a hand on his chest and he lay down by her again He reflected the look of appreciation and simply held her, her black robes were instantly back in only the way that dreams can make things come and go with out the bother.
If they were closer in the morning, well, he would hardly complain.
Abyss smiled at them both particularly at the thoughtful Geo who seemed to be in and out of it. he felt like snapping in front of his eyes to see if he was paying attention.
"I of course am ready whenever you are as well, so I guess after we are done stuffing our faces." He winked at the young woman to make sure she didn't take offense. sometimes he wasn't as careful with girls at least according to Venus.
( if you would start the thread in the rec room and pm I will follow you.)