I
am melding two stories into one, because both involve two men who are greedy
for eternal life by obtaining the ‘Elixir of Life’.
One
is of The Monkey King/The Great Saint, who isn’t invited to a gathering by this
Queen-Mother in the Heavens. So he
becomes upset and does everything to attend the banquet. He stumbles upon the Elixir of Life and
drinks some, never getting caught, and shares it with his fellow apes in the end. Whereas, the other is of a poor farmer who
sees a Fire Fox blow out a crystal-like fireball which ends up being the Elixir
of Life and he steals it in front of the Fox.
The
Monkey King, doesn’t appear to utilize his abilities for anything but himself
and the farmer utilizes the abilities of the Elixir for helping others, yet
still for his own gain.
(Elixir of Life. Flickr.)
This
will about the two men, but they know each other, brothers or best friends who
want the Elixir of Life as heard of stories from many around them. The Queen-Mother will remain a queen that has
a pet fox whom breathes fire/the Elixir of Life.
The fire can be crystalized and transformed into a
liquid form for potions. Motives for the
two men will be to live freely, for however long, and obtain much treasures/gain
great wealth with the elixir. They are
not common civilians; they are well-known, wanted thieves.
The fox is originally a human that just transforms
into a fox in order to create the elixir and whenever she is angry and needs
his powers. Staying as a fox can consume
her and she will never turn to a human again.
The Queen will be supporting role as she helps the
fox, whom is her daughter, retrieve the elixir from the thieves. Her past conveys that she was once a fire fox
as well and that is how she became Queen.
Styles of writing:
- First person, narrative with/without dialogue
- Third person, narrative with/without dialogue.
- Not sure other styles would work.
- Narrative with dialogue seem to suit best with the action that will entail the story.
