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Attention Attention #1088047 added June 29, 2025 at 10:32pm
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Brilliant
| Word Count & Triggers ▶︎ Word Count: 500 words .
Triggers: Drowning - Death - Strong Language
Timeline: #3 - Leigh 17 years old / Wren 16 years old
Overview: Story through dialogue only - How Leigh and Wren first met.
“Quick, tie this off”
“You cannot be serious! Wren?”
“Let go of me, Joss.”
“No, are you mad or just insane? You’re not diving into the cauldron and risking your life for someone we don’t even know! You’ll drown.”
“Not if you haul us out once the rope goes taut. But she will, that’s a certainty.”
“Wren, No!”
“Don’t tell me what to do big brother. Just tie it off and then count down from ten.”
“NO… Fuck… Stupid… Stubborn… Idiot! Wren, I swear to the Gods if you drown, I’ll follow you to Annwyn just to kick your arse.”
“Ugh…. Hmmph… Joss… Joss… I got her. Damn it she’s heavy. Help pull us out. I’ve wrapped the noose around her torso. Pull… Hurry up…”
“I am pulling you fool. Just get out of the water!”
“Hmmph… Fuck… Man that was intense.”
“Intense…?! Intense…?! You just leapt off the top of the freaking waterfall into the cascades Wren… Intense doesn’t even begin to cut it…”
"Is she dead or alive? Goddess, please say she’s alive.”
"She’s got a pulse, but it’s weak and she’s not breathing. Seriously Wren, do you not have ANY self-preservation.”
“Oh, stop being dramatic, it’s no different to jumping off Da’s ship. Get her up the bank. We need to get her on her back.”
“Shouldn’t we try and expel the water from her lungs.”
“Goddess Joss, do you not remember anything from when Jacob drowned? We need to get oxygen to her brain, just like Da taught us. I’ll start compressing her chest, once I hit thirty, you breathe into her mouth… twice… make sure you seal you mouth over hers and pinch the nose.”
“Then what?”
“Then we do it again until she starts breathing on her own.”
“What about the water in her lungs?”
“She’ll take care of that on her own.”
“You sure… ?”
“Look, if we do nothing, she dies… Stop second guessing me…”
“Quit being so bossy, pipsqueak.”
“It’s called being assertive, asshat. Five… Ten… Twenty… Thirty… Now Joss…”
“Go.”
“Ten… Twenty… Thirty… Again!”
“Wren, how long are we going to keep going… it’s been twenty minutes already.”
“We go until my arms give out and you have to take over…. Then we go again… Now breathe…”
“Wren…”
“Shut up and check her pulse… this ain't a game. We don’t get to stop… not yet. Come on girlie… Fight!!”
“Wren… seriously…”
“I haven’t forgotten my name… Stop shouting at me!! Again… Ten…Twenty… Thirty… Breathe… How’s her pulse…”
“It’s thready, but it’s there…”
“Come on girlie… Don’t you bloody give up on me yet…. That’s it! Open those eyes… Welcome back… I’m Wren!
“Tip her onto her side…. That’s it, just take your time. Clear your throat. You just need to catch your breath... I’m Joss by the way.”
“Ev… Ever.. leigh.”
“Nice to meet ya Leigh… You gave us quite a scare there…”
“Fuck, Wren… you were amazing.”
“Course I was… I told you it's my day to be brilliant.”
Lyrics ▶︎Count it down from 10 to 1, faster than a firefly
Callin' out to everyone, "Are you dead or alive?"
Quicker than the curious, and brighter than a meteor
Never knowing who to trust can make me insecure
Let me clear my throat, let me catch my breath
Let my heart bleed out till there's nothing left
It's my day to be brilliant
It's my day to be brilliant
Count it down from 10 to 1, faster than a hurricane
Callin' out to everyone, "Are you mad or insane?"
Quicker when you're curious, and better once you realize
Finding someone you can trust gets results, check your pulse
Let me clear my throat, let me catch my breath
Let my heart bleed out till there's nothing left
It's my day to be brilliant
It's my day to be brilliant
Say it if you're one of us, the beaten and the furious
Injustice and lies, for the very last time
It's all the same (Believe it or not)
But this ain't a game (And I'll never stop)
So you better run for your life
Let me clear my throat, let me catch my breath
Let my heart bleed out till there's nothing left
It's my day to be brilliant
It's my day to be brilliant
To whom it may concern
I won't crash and burn
Burn, burn
I won't crash and
Let me clear my throat, let me catch my breath
Let my heart bleed out till there's nothing left
It's my day to be brilliant
It's my day to be brilliant
As the world collides and I fight for air
As I crash and burn like I just don't care
It's my day to be brilliant
It's my day to be brilliant
Count it down from 10 to 1, quicker when your curious
Say it if you're one of us, the beaten and the furious
Are you mad or insane, mad or insane
Are you mad or insane, you better run for your life
It's my day to be brilliant
It's my day to be brilliant
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