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.
Linely wasn't sure of the specifics when it came to the girl's powers "I'm sure there is some kind of limitation, I know that it seems to be mood related in part..." the girl would perhaps have to receive more training , was Sancutary the best place for her? "I'm sure Devon will take any advice the X-Men have in relation to her, certainly from a police perspective we want her to be in as a safe a place as possible."
Linely noted that Juliette had raised her eyebrow, but stayed curiously silent. Well, that was her prerogative Linely supposed. He was sure that Devon knew what he was doing, but it was clear that these two had somewhat of a distrust.
((OOC, the Dining room thread had an event occur that would be noticed by Linely from this table)) Linely noted that on another table, a young man had gone as white as a sheet, then hidden under the table. He hoped everything was alright. A woman had just walked in, and a quite attractive one at that. A slender woman, with brown hair, wearing it in curls, and wearing a rather low-cut dress. Surely that's not who he was reacting to? Poor lad, Linely hoped everything was alright. Male teens could get pretty nervous of women, but this was a bit of an overreaction.
>> "It will take time but hopefully people will be able to move past it"
Yes, Aura the infamous mutant. Very nasty case that one was, children butchered ruthlessly. Linely wasn't sure of the details, he hadn't really worked on that case, but as he understood it, she remained at large. He could tell that Sam was fishing for information "As far as I know, there are a few people that caused some trouble who were affiliated with something called "Sancutuary"...I thought it was a gang of sorts, didn't realise this was one and the same? A few of the individuals involved in that are still at large, and a few others have been released from prison." Sometimes not by Uncle Sam, and way before they were supposed to have left, but Sam didn't need to know that. "Aside from that, I didn't really work on that case. I would hope that Sanctuary doesn't embrace those individuals anymore if they are one and the same."
Linely noted Moystyn had left the table while everyone was lost in conversation, and seemed to be writing a cheque near the side of the room. He watched as the man left the Dining room to enter the hall. Somehow he suspected he wouldn't see that man again. Moystyn probably wasn't as generous as he claimed to be either.
"You're right by the way Sam, he did look totally like a bat-man villain" Linely spoke , finally laughing at the bizarre individual.
>> "So if you don't mind me asking, where exactly are you from? I don't recognise your accent at all"
Forsyth laughed at this gently, Linely avoided smirking by the tiniest of margins as well. "I'm from Montserrat, in the Caribbean" the lilt of Irish combined with African accents would have given the trained ear an indication of where he was from, but he clearly was used to having this question asked quite a bit. "Don't worry, barely anyone guesses it before I tell them myself." Montserrat of course was still in great difficulty due to the volcanic activity on the Island, many members of the population had made their way to other nations as a result.
It was Linely's time to speak "we normally have a bit of fun when it comes to getting schoolkids to ask where various officers are originally from, no-one ever gets his right. A few have got close though haven't they Forsyth?" The two men laughed in a fashion only ever associated with people who worked together as comrades for a very long time. >> "Also don't Marksmen deal in rifles? I'm not learning to shoot one of those am I?" Forsyth kept this question in good humor. "I think we'll start you with pistols for now, there's time yet for you to start using the miniguns, be patient." That was Forsyth, bad jokes came along with actually pretty darn good work.
"Yeah, in all seriousness though, pistols are probably best for you at the moment, recoil from some rifles is enough to knock full grown people over, plus handguns are easier to carry. So to the shooting range?" Linely spoke with enthusiasm, not as much as a gun nut, but more in the fashion that he knew this would help Rachael with some self defence. After all, those that lived by the sword got shot by those who didn't.
Linely nodded in agreement, leaving the girl's wolf companions to their prey, one went with the three of them as they exited the warehouse. Linely noticed Devon's eyes go dark once again, and was unsurprised to see a mist appear. None of them wanted to be seen at this point, it would allow Linely to simply suggest that there had been a fatal animal attack, just some large, stray dogs that the hunters had been stupid enough to provoke.
The fog concealed the brutal scene they may have viewed as they exited, but Linely recognised the metallic smell of blood in the air. "This is PD Linely, we need some officers at Red Hook, there are a few bodies, looks like an animal attack. I'm needed elsewhere with the trafficking case, but there doesn't seem to be anyone around in this mist."
"Not ideal Linely, but we'll have someone there in 5 minutes, you're lucky our patrols are nearby because of recent events." Came a beleagured reply from the radio. That would give them enough time, or at least Linely would hope that it would.
"I'll escort you to Sanctuary, but leave you with her at the door if that's alright Devon" Linely spoke "I hope that we've been bought enough time with that. Now which way are we going?" The fog had the added benefit of concealing the wolves as well, somehow Linely doubted that the residents of NYC would be too thrilled to see wolves on the street...
((OOC, after your next reply Tempest, good place to wrap up this thread I think))
>> "The world would be a better place if I ate every last one of them!"
Great, another mutant supremacist. Linely wasn't surprised at Roach's attitude, but at least he thought he'd have a sense of humor. It seems quite obvious that he didn't. He would be willing to hurt innocents if they got in his way, Linely despised that kind of thinking. Most humans hadn't done anything wrong, but some had. Those individuals deserved to be punished, not slightly annoying artists who sought out dangerous mutants for the thrill of it (if Roach was to be believed, which Linely sincerely doubted).
Linely responded "I don't think we're going to ever see eye to eye on that point 'Roach, it seems my attempt at humor fell flat." his tone had gone from warm and joking to rather cold in the space of a few moments.
Then Roach was bringing out a USB, wanting Linely to put a device in the central computer , while Linely was all for finding out whether the META bots were attacking ordinary mutants there was an obvious concern. "This device does just monitor the computer right? Just a listening device and nothing more? You aren't going to use it for say, reprogramming the METAs to attack vanilla humans are you? Because if that's a potential outcome, we have no deal. I'm not going to help you hurt innocents." He tried to say this in as reconciliatory a tone as he could muster, he knew the Roach was not beyond lying or failing to tell the full truth if he felt he needed to.
If Roach gave this assurance, then Linely would be more than happy to help, but he was expecting an intelligent and altogether evil mutant to be truthful when it comes to attacking ordinary humans. Hardly wise, and the 'Roach would know that if he had any sense.
Linely had been trained to be calm in situations like this, and the 'Roach had made it clear that he was not intending to harm him... at least not yet anyway. So there was little wonder in Linely's mind at least why he was so composed. The 'Roach was very intelligent, so hopefully his demands would be within the limits of Linely's abilities.
>> "... wouldn't you make sure all the kinks were worked out?"
Roach did have a point there, it did seem all too conveiniant that there was this malfunction in the META bots, Linely didn't particularly like using them either, they were often too overzealous, they were only used really because the police force couldn't deal with the mass riots that had been occurring across NYC. It would have serious implications if this really was being done deliberately, rather than just some faulty programming.
Linely took the file from Roach, lots of photos, he'd worked on a few of these cases, others were unreported, invisible. Sometimes mutants didn't report crimes against them, even to the mutant-heavy MRC. Despite all the work they did in trying to get the communities to trust them, there was a deep distrust in the communities. They couldn't win. If it turned out META bots were targeting even peace loving mutants, well, it would be worse than anything NYC had ever seen before. All kinds of mutants had been targeted, some were being arrested for actual crime, others for simply walking across the street. Old and young, visible and invisible... clearly there was something wrong.
>> "Provided you cooperate with me, should you desire it, I can ensure her safety from any further retaliation on my part"
That hadn't been what the report had said, nor did he particularly need the incentive to do that, but Linely decided to humor him, it was probably best to stay on ' Roaches good side. "That would be good, quite frankly trouble seems to follow that girl, and we could do without having to waste resources protecting her from you. Eating humans is kinda illegal 'Roach, it would be appreciated if you didn't do that." Linely as ever was finding the humor in the situation.
>> "Sandwich?"
"I'm fine thank you, it would probably be too chewy for me anyway." Linely spoke in a very embarrassed British manner, he did realise that was a hat right? Linely supposed cockroaches could eat anything, but it should have been quite clear to him that he was offering Linely something inedible...he hoped. Linely decided to cut straight to the heart of the matter "So how are we going to find out what exactly is going on with the META bots? How can I help you?"
Linely had encountered Kaz in all his elfin cosplay glory. He got the impression that he didn't like him that much. Was not a problem, but he didn't have to crush his badge in the process. He was still waiting on the bill coming through for that.
"Kaz has a way of teaching people manners as well" normally with brute force mind, but it was quite effective from what he had observed. Still, Moystyn was clearly not amused at Sam's attitude, but was being passive aggressive about it. Linely found it very difficult to be around those types of people.
>> "I think charity balls bring out the eccentric looking ones"
"Yes, I mean, look at you!" Linely quipped hoping that Sam wouldn't be too upset at the joke at his expense. "Sorry, couldn't resist the jibe. You walked into that one." Moystyn had gone pretty quiet at Sam's jibes. But then chose to speak "Well if you consider generosity eccentric then I suppose I am" he smiled again, once again being the self righteous fool that Linely considered him to be. >> "Dragons? More than one?"
"Yes, very much so" Linely rarely spoke about cases, but Sam was an X-Man. "She really brings the characters in stories to life...quite literally." The true extent of her powers was yet to be unlocked, and it would be interesting to see the path she would take. Powerful mutants could be a great asset or a great hindrance to general society. "Giant Lizard you say? She was producing fairytale type dragons, they didn't last that long either, doubt it was the same thing..." Linely then trailed off in his thoughts. What kind of mutant would be able to transform themselves into something so powerful? >> "I think she's getting better control while making the kids so happy during story time."
That was heartening to hear, as with many people, mutants were most often defined by how people responded to their powers. Hopefully Sanctuary could make sure she was kept safe from those who would exploit her. "Well, I'm glad she's finding a good use for her powers Devon." He smiled, letting others take the lead in the conversation.
"I think we go back to our respective groups and prepare ourselves for our day of Judgement. We do not know who the senior people are, but rest assured we know they are coming." Linely spoke with as much authority as he could muster.
"Did you get anything else from Paul?" Linely had to ask this question. She was in close proximity to him, and that could have meant she got something from his pockets. Linely hadn't seen it of course, but he was clever enough to know that someone of her unique abilities wouldn't have spent all her time in the X-Men.
Judgement day were coming soon, and Linely held many things dear in NYC, one thing was for sure, these guys wouldn't stop at just the USA. He thought of his loving family in the UK, he thought of... no, no more of that. He shuddered the memory off his surface thoughts and waited for Were's response.
Linely nodded in agreement with this suggestion. "We ought to get there quickly, the traffickers are probably around somewhere, and I don't particularly want to get into a fight." He knew that they would likely win, and win easily, but little miss fairy tale princess would likely cause quite a bit of damage if she got mad enough, as docile as her wolves were now, they were still pretty vicious wild animals if they were angered.
>> "We can try and beat your parents there" The girl smiled at the thought of this, quite frankly Linely was surprised she hadn't created herself some kind of carriage to travel in, complete with giant mice to draw it. Someone clearly hadn't read her Cinderella yet. Probably a good thing in honesty. "OK, just promise you'll both stay with me" she looked from Linely to Devon to Linely again.
"I think we can manage that don't you Devon?" Linely said, smiling, and was just about to set off with them in tow. When his face fell . The girl appeared to go white as a sheet, the wolves started barking, snarling once more. A chilling voice came from behind the two older mutants.
"Not so fast, muties" A male voice, calculated and rough , sounded from the entrance to the hall. "We're armed, so don't you try anything weatherman." There was more than one of them...oh dear. This was going to be more difficult than first thought. Still, it seemed they hadn't factored in the little girl...Linely was in the process of putting his hands up when all hell broke loose.
The wolves charged before anyone had time to react any further. Barks, growls, misfired gunshots the sound of screaming cut off by the tearing of flesh. All the better to eat you with my dear was all Linely could think. The bird hunters (which he presumed they were) didn't stand a chance.
He turned around, and saw one of the wolves happily scamper towards him, it looked like a puppy that had just rolled around in mud and was now strutting around looking rather pleased with itself. The mess on its paws wasn't mud though. It was a fresh scarlet. Linely didn't bother looking at what the other two were doing, the playful growls coming from the distance being enough to satisfy his curiosity.
"Devon, we're really going to have to teach her to keep her powers under control, Sanctuary storytime sounds perfect for that." He spoke, wincing at the violence that he was pretty happy not to have witnessed with his own eyes.
>> "If you think so" She didn't sound too enthusiastic, but it was sadly necessary, Linely was pretty libertarian when it came to guns, he personally thought that the handgun ban was a little overzealous , but he didn't blame Rachael for being unenthused. "Well, if you suddenly find yourself in a fight, and a gun is around, being able to use it is better than potentially getting brutalised, I don't like guns that much, but I've had to lean how to use one, and I don't shoot very well."
While Rachael was getting the file to the place where it needed to be, Linely quickly put the remaining few papers in the cabinet next to his desk, he called Forsyth over to talk about shooting.
"As you know I'm not the best guy for training with that. So it's probably best that you give her the pointers." Linely spoke in a joking way to his mutant colleague. "Yes, we don't want her learning how to hit the edge of a target" Forsyth quipped back at Linely. Linely was in the process of making himself and Forsyth a cup of tea with the communal kettle when Rachael got back.
>> "If the Chief wasn't in his office what should I have done with the papers?"
This was a grey area in the precinct, for the most part, the Chief didn't mind if you were just putting your head round the door, so long as you didn't go snooping around. "So long as you just put the files on the desk, and didn't look anywhere you shouldn't have, it'll be fine. Now may I introduce Officer Forsyth, an MRC marksman, who can teach you to shoot straight"
"Charmed" said the burly officer, he smiled with kindly white teeth. He was tall, his black curly hair , crew cut and dark brown eyes made him somewhat of a heartthrob among the MRC. He , like Linely, was from a different part of the world orginally, although unlike Linely he had gone straight from the Carribean into the police force about a year ago. Since then he'd been with Linely in many cases where they were both involved in busts or riot controls. Needless to say, his powers were more useful than they first would appear on paper.
>> "Well then , I see introductions are not in order"
"Your reputation proceeds itself 'Roach, your powers are pretty unique." He'd read the 'Roach's file, and he suspected by the instant recognition from the anthropomorphic bug that he had done likewise with him. >> "And I never do plan to eat one of our kind."
Linely presumed 'Roach meant mutants, as he clearly didn't feel that way about Shelby when he traumatised her pretty badly. He was safe from that at least on the upside. So humans were merely considered food to him? Linely couldn't help but wonder what the 'Roach actually thought of cockroaches, were they merely just tools which he used, or did he have some kind of affinity with them?
>> "Are you aware of the incidents that have taken place around the city involving these META bots?"
These were questions for another time, as the 'Roach quickly moved on to the business at hand. Linely was a bit surprised to hear this coming from the 'Roach, META bots were having real issues at the moment, originally meant for capturing criminals, they were now aggressively targeting any mutant that moved (if they were faulty). Linely had even been on the receiving end of one pretty recently. Fortunately the new recruit had a useful enough power that he got out of it unscathed, others had not been so lucky.
"Yes, in fact I was arrested by one not so long ago, they were supposed to help with the arrest of criminal mutants. Now some of them are malfunctioning and trying to arrest any and all mutants they see. I'm pretty keen to stop that happening." Linely spoke in a business like fashion, no need to be aggressive towards his "host" besides , he seemed rational enough at the moment.
"Nihilistic death cult, wants to see the world burn, non-mutants first, then all humans. They don't much like the idea of Utopia if some of the graffiti we've found near to the biblical themed murders they've committed in other states is to be believed." Linely was giving the information as succinctly as possible, so as to spare Were with the gory details. She was wise to pick up the bag of "M", otherwise there could have been trouble.
"They Major in brutal murders, and minor in "M" trafficking from what we can gather, have a particular disdain for Ragnorok." Wrong apocalypse and too positive about mutants he guessed was their logic. "I found out about them coming here where one of their mules ended up causing all kinds of mayhem at an airport...that's where I met Sam. We'd known that they'd been in other areas, and were told to watch out for the Judgement Day tattoo, you'll likely find it on the back of his neck." That was always a telltale sign. " The first reported murder was an upside down crucifixion, and then it got progressively more depraved with each murder."He ended the explanation there.
"Needless to say, if their senior people are coming here, NYC is going to have a lot to deal with, and the X-Men need to be vigilant. NYPD need your help, now more than ever." He'd monologued enough. "Do you have any more questions?" He asked as he carefully handcuffed Paul, just in case.
"Well Catherine, feel free to do what you want with him now he's given the information, but it will be for pleasure, not for practical reasons, you know how I hate unecessary bloodshed." Linely knew he was sounding like a bad guy here, Linely didn't care. It was actually quite fun being able to play the villain occasionally. He carefully left Paul in his position next to the tree and let Were pick him up... awkwardly.
>> "Does that mean you're done with him?"
"I'm nearly done" Linely decided to put Pauly boy out of his misery, a simple recall of severe pain was enough to knock most people out, and Linely had no qualms using his mutation once more to do that. "What the **** are you going to do, what the-" Paul's cry was cut off with him suddenly going limp, half collapsing onto Were. Linely knew he was still breathing, at least that wasn't an issue.
"Now we can talk with a little more privacy Were, I suggest that he wakes up in a jail cell, charged with drug dealing. What we've just done is strictly off the record police-wise, though you might have to be more candid with Sam." He spoke seriously, methodically. "And considering Pauly boy was working with Judgement Day, we have far worse to deal with than a creepy "M" dealer."
"The plan is I think to start with some hand to hand, and then get Forsyth to do some shooting with you. I know you may think it unlikely that you'd use one, but guns are big in the USA, and as a result you'll need to know how to shoot straight". Linely of course couldn't do that as well as Forsyth, so he'd need to wait until he came in to the shooting range or practice room.
Linely walked to his desk, with Rachael presumably coming along behind him, and picked up a file. "Rachael, could you do me a favor and put this on the Chief's desk? His office is labelled, you can't miss it" (like many precincts the Chief had a private office). "Then we can start your training." Forsyth would be in soon, but that wouldn't stop Linely from showing her how to deal with someone with greater strength than her.
>> "And there's plenty of room for all of you with other kids who like stories too"
Linely smiled at this, Devon was handling this situation very well indeed, this girl was probably capable of killing them both if they caught her in the wrong mood. Her abilities were fascinating as well, story book manifestation...she could be very dangerous if she was allowed to get into the wrong hands. What if Judgement Day, or Ragnorok managed to get near her? Linely could have shuddered at the thought, but didn't. Clearly Sanctuary was the best place for her, until she could get involved with the X Men.
>> "That's a great, special power you have there" The girl smiled a bit more at that. "Are there other people like me there? Like you there?" She seemed curious, a child of 10 would find it difficult to understand the mutant politics surrounding NYC, but it was not unreasonable to assume that she hadn't encountered too many mutants before coming to the city, Linely had no idea what it was like for mutants in Mexico, the fact that her parents had come here was a slight giveaway though.
"We'll have story time every night after dinner. What do you think?" The girl's smile turned into a grin, she would be more than happy, Linely thought, to show off her power to the other children and adults, she'd be pretty scary at first. Linely dreaded to think what would happen when she started reading Twilight. One of the wolves noticed Devon's outstretched hand, sniffing closer, and closer. It lunged at Devon, opening it's mouth and... proceeded to lick his hand. The other wolves joined in, behaving like puppies, each begging for Devon's attention.
"I think that's a yes, Devon." Linely spoke, nearly laughing , he just hoped that this girl hadn't made enough of a commotion that there would be others with less pleasant intentions coming to meet them. The people who had trafficked her were still at large.
Linely had finally gotten out of Hospital, feeling somewhat confused after the surgery, sedation always caused an issue, particularly with someone who had a mutation such as his, so in came the adapted human to avoid those complications. Then he was told to count to 10...that's all he could remember, now his shoulder was bandaged up, and he had finally been discharged.
He walked through the door to see a rather large limo, and a fellow holding a sign with his name on it. This was unusual, and he doubted the police would splash out on something that expensive. He was getting out of hospital, not going on a stag night! Still, he had little in the way of work to do, so he thought he might as well ask the driver if he was waiting for him
"You're waiting for me I take it?" Linely said, knowing that there were likely no other Joseph Linely's in the building. "Yes." The driver spoke succinctly, Linely resolved to get in. He didn't know quite why, but this driver seemed...trustworthy.
He realised his mistake as the door locked behind him, the privacy window went up and three anthropomorphic bugs-cockroaches-sat facing him. One of them carefully checked him to see if he was armed , taking his sidearm from him, as well as his baton.
>> "Ah officer Linely....you understand."
An anthropomorphic cockroach spoke to him now... great, the 'Roach had finally decided to meet who it was that was protecting Shelby. He smelled amazingly of nothing, as opposed to the usual trend towards detritus.
"Ok 'Roach, what is it that you want?" Linely was in no mood to panic, and mostly found these types of kidnappings to be a bit of a drag, 'Roach had little need for money from what he knew about police files, so he clearly had an agenda, something that could only be obtained through Linely. "I presume you're not here to have me for dinner, you're smarter than that, you need me for something specific." Linely knew enough about the 'Roach that he was a calculated man when he wasn't driven by his more cannibalistic desires. So he decided to cut the pleasantries and straight to the chase.
