Benji Quinn

nothing but a bro. a lad if you will

[quinnnxotic]

where: san marcos piazza;; at the waters edge when: approximately 7:30pm benji x amand || @ofamand

Cryptic notes were far from Benji Quinn’s strong suit.  Words in general tended to prove more of a struggle for him then not, although this was really hearsay.  As far as Benji was concerned, he thought himself as an excellent communicator.  Communication skills were neither here nor there in this instance of course - he wasn’t reaching out to Amand in this nature for anything other than sport.  He’d slipped the note under his friends dorm door with a giggle, knowing he would only appreciate the effort in hindsight.  He’d had fun crafting the note, clipping magazines Mina had discarded until he had the words he wanted. 

🅼🅴🅴🆃 🅼🅴 🅰🆃   🆂🅰🅸🅽🆃   🅼🅰🆁🅺🆂  🅿🅸🆉🆉🅰, 

🅰🆃    🆂🆄🅽🆂🅴🆃  ..... 🅾🆁 🅴🅻🆂🅴

Standing in the middle of church’s square Benji was still confused as to where pizza came into play.  Sure, Italy seemed famous for the treat, but all he saw in the middle of the plaza was gorgeous architecture and tourist traps.  However, it was the windiest place Benji had gone to yet with a phenomenal view he felt his old friend would appreciate.  He greeted the archer with a quick twist and a “Ta-fucking-dah!” smirking as if he’d played the best of jokes.  “Whatcha think? Did I trick you?” he reached out to high five his old classmate.  “I’m sorry if I did bro, I was just screwing around.  I’ve been kinda bored and thought you mighta been scratching your head too.”

[quinnnxotic]

gldenlight​:

& .   ✧   ›  

olivia was in crisis mode and the only way she was getting out of this was getting out of the room and start hunting for items that will help liven up the area. sure, she might be sharing it but that doesn’t mean it has to be the most boring room on the planet of everywhere. every planet. even hoggar and that’s saying something. 

confusion written on her face as she turns to look at benji. “ what idea do you have about furniture and paint? mine was simply about fixing up the room and making things way, way better than they are. like who said white on white on white was a good idea? but like, if there is something else that could use furniture and paint, you could come with me and we can knock two birds with one stone…. or maybe not because hurting birds isn’t nice. ” 

"Me?” Benji straightens, his chest out to find confidence in his suggestion. “Only emergency I can think of with paint is, like, a coverup.  You know, like when your buddy gets too drunk to funk and accidentally busts through the drywall trying to dab. But...  Clearly that isn’t what you meant.” Benji felt his ears turning red. 

“I’ll definitely still help you though.  Gotta be honest, I don’t speak a lick of this eye-taileeon thing they keep talking about - but if you wanna buy a couch, I got you Olly-Olls! We can find the brightest, least white thing out there.”  The specialist was genuinely excited and made his best of looking strong and competent. “No bird killin’ necessary, promise.”

[quinnnxotic]

chrryripe​:

LOCATION: the rooftop . LETTER TO: @quinnnxotic​​ .

The last of the evening’s sun speckled across the horizon, and barley hit the warmth of the rooftop. But Chuck still found a comfortable spot beside the pool, where the chlorine could fill her nostrils, and remind her of humidity clinging to her back, and cracked bitumen beneath her shorts. Although she wasn’t here for nostalgic reasons. Rather, it seemed to be one of the few places where she could get some quiet. Away from the world that didn’t have much to offer her in the first place.

The sound of a door closing to the entrance collects her attention, turning slightly to meet a familiar sight. Something dangerous plays on the blonde’s features at the familiarity before her, it wasn’t every day specialists she’d met got recruited amongst the best. Especially those that never even seemed to manage their own specialties. “ I thought they had standards for this thing, or are you finally enough to hold up in a fight? ”

Despite his schooling teaching otherwise, Benji had never failed to kick a certain habit.  He’d been raised in darkness and, even now, found himself most at ease in the night.  This was somewhat at odds with his love of sleep but Earth was off its rocker anyway.  It made sense his sleep would be disjointed to some degree.  It’s why entertaining a swim as the sun made its departure seemed so natural to him. It was also why he hadn’t expected anyone else to be partaking in swimming shenanigans - and why he jumped.

“Fuck me- thought this place would be empty right now!”  his surprise eased with a belly laugh, covering his swimming trunks with his towel and grinning at the blonde. This was a face he knew well, and he moved to stand by the girl with ease. “It’s nice to see you too, Chuckie.” His chin lifted in playful indigance.  “Woulda thought you’d know better than anyone that I can hold my own in a fight.  Need a reminder?”

[quinnnxotic]

kangxmina​:

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Mina isn’t scared, not when she has her powers and also an incredibly cute knife in her cute pink Valentino heart clutch. So, no she isn’t scared but she is incredibly wary. Enough so that she keeps a small ball of light ready at her fingertips in case she needs to use it at some point. She makes it up to the rooftop without any issues but whoever is trailing her isn’t being very subtle. Mina just cannot see their face and that makes her uncomfortable.

When her stalker finally shows himself just as Mina gets ready to attack, her eyes narrow. “Benjamin Quinn,” she says, tone clipped. His use of the word little makes her scowl. Still, she relaxes. Benjamin is big with an incredibly admirable physique but he is harmless, at least to her. It’s been quite some time since she’s seen him and Mina wonders what the odds are that they’d be placed on the some task force. “Fancy seeing me here indeed. Come, take a seat.”

“Been a while since I’ve seen you.” Mina says, chin resting on the palm of her hand as she looks up at him. Benji was always a nice presence while she was growing up but after heading to Alfea and taking any job on a foreign planet she could to get away from her family, she hadn’t seen much of him. “So, Earth huh?”

Something about the way she says his name makes Benji feel like he’s being scolded - a sentiment that is not entirely unfamiliar to him where Mina Kang is concerned.  She’s younger, sure, but he’s never doubted her ability to assert control.  It’s half of what makes protecting her seem so damn strange.  He eases in his masquerade, sidling up to join the dark haired girl where she lounges on the roof.

“Yeah, it’s been one hell of a minute hasn’t it. It’s good to see you’re doin’ well though.  Don’t look all that worse for the wear, considering.” ” After Nyxos, their paths had taken considerably different turns.  In all honesty, he hadn’t know much of where she’d been.  “Earth, yeah! Wasn’t sure it would be quite up to your standards, seeming as it’s not all that fancy- not compared to home.  But-” Benji shrugged. “I dunno, I dig it.”  His eyebrow raised her way, silently asking after her thoughts.

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Wolgang Novogratz as Nick in Feel The Beat

[quinnnxotic]

[ wolfgang novogratz/ cis male / he/him/ 25] ❛ the task force is enriched the presence of [ benjamin "benji" quinn] a [ specialist ] from [ nyxos]. it is said that BENJI specializes in [ sharp shooting (artillery) ] .  supposedly they are [ affable & dense ] , you can sense it from the [easy smiles and warm hearted laughter, defined ribs peeking through aggressively low-cut sleeves, the inability to pronounce heteronormative] feeling they give off. ❜ / ellie. 26. est. she/her.

                      𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒊𝒐 & 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝑮𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒔

[gldenlight]

& .   ✧   ›  open starter ; task force headquarters.  

horrible. this is absolutely horrible. how could anyone think that this was okay? should she blame zyra on this? no, that didn’t sound right. it’s not the other’s fault that they have no sense on this kind of matter. how can anyone sleep when the rooms are just so — boring? there is nothing to it. even the paint looks sad. should she do something about this? add an accent color. even that, olivia fears, will not help this situation. where’s the spark? the color? these rooms were just not going to cut it. she’s going to have to do something about it — forgetting that she has to share the space.

“ i need a furniture store, paint store. something. asap. this is an emergency. ”

@winxstarters​

[quinnnxotic]

Honestly?  He hadn’t been there long but, so far, Benji thought Earth was premium. How could you not? The city was surrounded by freaking water. Sure, it smelled a little bit like he did at 14 before he’d discovered deodorant, but it was still pretty rad.  His roommates seemed dope, his room had a pretty big bed, and he was excited the whole task force was here and ready - even if they weren’t all exactly on board.  He’d only come out to get snacks - his midday snack - when he heard the cry of desperation.

“An emergency?”  Benji asked, eyebrows high even as he laughed.  “What kinda emergency requires furniture and paint? Like I have some ideas but I feel like you’re not thinkin’ what I’m thinkin.”

[quinnnxotic]

where: rooftop of headquarters;; half past 10 benji & mina || @kangxmina​

Months to prepare for this and Benji still isn’t one hundred percent sure what Ambassador Kang had in mind when he assigned him to his daughter. His first thought had been “Isn’t she capable enough?”  After all, they’d only been selected to this task because they were meant to be the best and brightest.  Still, it was hard to say no to someone like Rohan Kang, and he could understand a father being worried about his daughter in any case. 

He wasn’t trained to be a bodyguard, and it was harder to do when he had other tasks.  Harder still was trying to keep his eye on Mina when she had no idea and was explicitly supposed to be left in the dark. It was only the beginning of their mission, but already Benji was struggling.  Like, tonight, he had done his best to follow her after dinner. Benji was fairly confident he’d been able to play off following in her footsteps (he was a great hider, after all) but he knew not to test his luck on the rooftop. He stepped from the shadows with a hand held in greeting.

"Little Mina Kang?”  he asked and did his best to feign surprise in a laugh.  “Woooow, fancy seeing you up here!”  The man took big steps to sit beside her.  “Can I join ya? It’s so nice out...”

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𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐨𝐥𝐢 & 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 || @winxstarters​​

the advice passed down was to help others and they’ll return the favor when your kingdom is in need. an ancient planet such as Rotatia would have been obliged to carry on with those loyalties. the new planet, Rot, however, had none of those obligations. she was there trying to win over the fickle hearts of her constituents–– that, was the reason she had chosen to help.

robes of rouge contrasted dark tresses as they crowned the top of her head. gilded rubies fastened by magic would hold her braids in place. the skeleton of black thorn was missing, though her crown felt heavier than ever. she, unfortunately, had bigger worries than Earth succumbing to a darkness, but she knew what it was like to live in fear. so she hid in the library, hoping to find some answers. she riffled through a couple of more of the leather bounds. a fingertip trailed a light trace of dust which reminded her of home. a smile plays at her lips for a moment until she speaks. 

“I hardly know what to speak. This selection is almost too overwhelming. Perhaps if I speak of Earth’s Constellations, the right book will come.”  

[quinnnxotic]

So, maybe Benji had been a little overzealous in expecting the task force would all be as excited as himself to save earth. It was taking a bit of time, but he was slowly coming to realize that his teammates were less than enthused at their new job.  He got it, but he didn’t really get it.  To Benji, it seemed cut and dry why the team had to be here - Earth needed help.  They were all more than capable of giving it. He knew that, but he wasn’t sure how to get everyone else on his page. Maybe he’d have to organize a proper night out - people were always happier with a little bit of liquor in their bellies.  Might upset their higher ups though.  

He’d wandered into the library completely on accident, thinking through this plan, and he didn’t have the heart to tell the woman when she spoke. “Well, this is my first time really heading to a library - you know, to read of course.  But I think Earth Consolations sounds like a good idea - figure out how to make these people feel better about everything breaking and going dark.”

[rcdemption]

open ! 

’ blah blah blah catastrophe, blah blah blah tragedy… yeah, yeah we get it ! this is not it, but when are we going to have some fun ? ‘ perhaps she didn’t say the right thing at the right time, but when did she ever? the young woman leaned back in her seat, dark locks of hair falling against the backrest as she closed her eyes, ‘ this sucks… honestly zyra, what a mood killer ! ‘ 

[quinnnxotic]

“Actually, I’m Benji.  Zyra was just a hologram. But it’s okay! Those graphic thingies confuse me sometimes too.”  He smiled at the brunette -hoping she had meant to address him and not their hologram teacher, only slightly confident he’d introduced himself well. She did seem rather mad for the mood. “And I think we’re gonna have fun when like...the buildings stop fallin down and stuff. We gotta get that dietdumb back too...or something.  It went a little over my head, if I’m honest, but I’m sure our captain will fill us in with the good deets”

[rcdemption]

open ! 

excitement bubbled through his veins, gleaming hues were glued to the page before him– he had managed to pick up one of those, what he assumed must have been vintage, tour guide booklets from a stand. surely this was antiquated right? or did people still use this sort of information? ‘ look ! ‘ he exclaimed, ‘ they had all these cute little cooking courses and galleries… do you think they’re still around? ‘ 

[quinnnxotic]

It was never a struggle for Benji to match excitement, though not due to any sort of empathic brilliance.  He was just a happy guy, and he looked over at the boys pamphlet of papers with a genuine interest.  “Damn, I hope they do. This shit looks like absolute fire!”  he pointed to a picture over the slender boys shoulder.  “Like look at that! That’s the most gourmet buffet I’ve seen since.....since ever. I gotta try that before we leave-or I’m not doing this whole ‘earth’ thing right at all.”

[hcnor]

“can’t believe we’re here for a diadem. i mean… who even wears that anymore?” the winx sighed as she crossed her arms. to be honest, as much bravado as isoke showed, she was pretty scared. she didn’t want to die over this. for once, she wished she wasn’t as good as she was, that she hadn’t been selected. she was not brave - maybe she was a coward but it was the truth.

[quinnnxotic]

“I’m gonna level with you here, Icy- I ain’t got a clue what a die-you-dumb is.  I didn’t wanna say so in the briefing but honestly? Sounds like a made up word.  Like- normally - I’d go on the context clues-n but that just makes me think  it’s a new way of telling someone they’re stupid.”  He turned to his roommate, serious to his bone.  “But ..no seems a little extreme to send a big old task force down here to keep peoples feelings from being hurt. Plus, Zyra said it was a magical power house....” he shook his head now, grunting.  “All pretty damn confusing, if you ask me.”

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Wolfgang Novogratz in Yes, God, Yes (2019)

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