**TREATMENT (WIKI)**
intertitle:
Monkey-Lion was clever and spry.
He dodged many a trap & snare.
(Fox, Stag & Hare vie for attention, Monkey-Lion at center.)
M.Lion moves through a tree and comes to perch on a branch, looking down as Fox comes by. M.Lion raises his eyebrows at her, a playful invitation.
She is demure but can’t hide her interest.
M.Lion wraps his legs around her as he hangs from the tree, pulling her up into the air. Then they both fall out of the tree, landing with Fox folded forward and M.Lion folded over her, so both have their tails in the air and are looking at each other through their legs.
Both still doubled over, Fox licks M.Lion’s thigh. Fox responds with playful bites to Fox’s thigh. She struggles, and suddenly he flips her in a somersault so she comes up straddling him as he squats, her legs spread wide in the air. He thrusts and she throws her head back as they fuck, with her bouncing and both of them precariously balanced.
The animals adored him and vied for his nectar.
As Fox and M.Lion fuck, Hare approaches and catches M.Lion’s eye. She is provocative.
M.Lion drops Fox to the ground to run after Hare.
She lets herself be caught, then turns the tables to start a wrestling match. M.Lion and Hare roll around on the ground, ending up in a 69-position. They compete for who's on top, Hare tries to "own" him physically.
Stag approaches and wants in on the action. He sets himself down on top of them, with his head at M.Lion’s ass.
Stag is face-to-face with Hare, who is annoyed at the intrusion and motions with her eyes for Stag to leave.
Shot of M.Lion’s face, stuck between Hare and Stag’s legs and happy to be there, stroking both of them.
Shot of Stag, who laughs at Hare, rears back to standing and flips M.Lion up, holding M.Lion on his shoulders, with M.Lion’s crotch in his face. M.Lion pushes Stag’s head further into his crotch.
Hare hops away, pissed.
His body wanted for naught.
The animals stroke Monkey-Lion and worship his feet.
He basks in their attention but remains somewhat aloof, quickly getting bored; he is oblivious to the idea of giving back as a lover, and so he remains unsatisfied.
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Then came Wolf, with a dangerous appetite...
[enter Wolf]
He watches Monkey-Lion and the other animals have a group cuddle orgy in a forest clearing. Wolf circles the group, hidden behind trees.
M.Lion looks up and locks eyes with Wolf, tempting him. Karmic connection.
Wolf appears from hiding, full frontal hunt stalk.
The animals scatter, terrified.
M.Lion hesitates, mocking Wolf.
Just as Wolf lunges, M.Lion leaps up and grabs a vine to lift himself into a tree, out of Wolf’s grasp.
Monkey-Lion taunts and mocks Wolf, just a step ahead, joy of the chase.
Wolf is lusty and violent.
Monkey-Lion wants to be caught but is afraid.
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Monkey-Lion, Master of the Chase
fell prey to his own petulant mind.
A new thirst was conceived
beyond the walls of his pride.
...There were still hidden fruits he had yet to taste.
M.Lion sits on a rock on the shore of a waterfall pool, staring at his reflection in the water, like Narcissus. Maybe the reflection in the water mocks him. (I like it better as a simple shot without any special effects)
Troubled and dissatisfied with his self-absorbed life, he dips a toe in the water and watches the ripples distort his reflection. (that could be interesting, could try that, but will depend on the elements)
Frustrated, M.Lion scales a tree and swings defiantly.
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…and so he sought Owl’s counsel.
campfire flames - pan up to owl, dialogue intertitles appear over her image - like a picture book (would like to use Mz. Powell, she has beautiful white hair, will shoot separately)
[firelight plays on M.Lion as he listens to Owl, looks up at the stars in the night sky. The stars move and ripple as if seen through water]
"Monkey-Lion, you are at the bottom of a dark pond,
looking up at the light that plays above you.
Wolf is a part of you. Give in to him."
Thinking this is all Owl has to say, M.Lion gets up to leave. Owl extends a wing, stopping him. Close-up of Owl's face, underlining the gravity of her message:
If you would know freedom,
...you must make an offering.
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The animals prepared for a ritual...
[firelight plays on M.Lion as he listens to Owl, looks up at the stars in the night sky. The starts move and ripple as if seen through water]
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The animals prepared for a ritual...
The animals appear with flowers and adornments.
They dance with increasing intensity, surround Monkey-Lion, and strip him naked.
They tie him to a tree.
Wolf circles outside, looking in with lust and hunger.
The animals move around M.Lion. He is prepared and fluffed. Camera follows Wolf as he stalks outside the circle, without the animals noticing.
Wolf lunges forward, and tosses Fox aside, introducing an element of scariness as things spin out of control. The animals scatter in fear.
Wolf lifts and holds onto Monkey-Lion’s ankles and mounts him, thrusting.
Monkey-Lion is in a state of ecstasy, eyes closed, until…
Monkey-Lion surrendered, naked before exquisite peaks and chasms.
Wolf bites off Monkey-Lion's toe.
[Insert trippy surreal dream sequence, of M.Lion thrashing and struggling, filmed underwater. He breaks surface of pool, waterfall in background]
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After it's over, he wakes as from a deep sleep. M.Lion has collapsed, folded over himself. Slowly, gingerly, he sits up.
Humbled and stripped,
Monkey-Lion broke through the surface of the pond into an ancient stillness.
He sat down to savor.
As Monkey-Lion meditates in lotus position by the waterfall pool, camera pans over his feet and missing toe.
