#master of time

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THE ROOK #6 - SHERLOCK HOLMES and the MASTER OF TIME... ...BATTLE ROBAR THE CONQUEROR cover art by Bob Larkin

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Charles Hornemann - Master Of Time (Scenic Flight) [1988]

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Every time we drove by this place I kept thinking, why does it look so familiar?

Well...

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The Time Is Now

Summary: What to do when the guy who banished your grandfather and his brother comes up to you when you're buying shoes?

A/N Alright wrote another fic for Who Wrote That for the Writer's of Destiny server, this time for the prompt 'Time isn't the only thing that wears out." Had a lot of fun working with the master of time! Griffin headcanon, and will totally write more for it.

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If there was one thing Griffin hated more than anything, it was the concept of time. The element had made him an outcast, forcing him to run away from home, and become a runner just to survive. It made his grandfather and great uncle crazy.

It also wore down at things. Every step he took, his shoes wore down, to the point that there was a hole in them that Griffin couldn't ignore it anymore.

So, with great reluctance, he walked to the local store store and had to repress the urge to cry and yell as people stared at him as he made his way to the kids section, and he found a pair of shoes that actually fit him. They were red and white.

As he was trying it on, a shadow fell over him, and it stayed there. Griffin looked up and blinked at the grey haired man standing in front of him. He plastered a smile on his face, hoping it was just the grandfather or father of a fan of his.

"Hey, man. Want an autograph?" he chirped, giving him a finger gun. The old man shook his hand.

"No, thank you, Time." Griffin's smiled fell at his words.

"Hey, man, I have no clue who that is," Griffin lied. The old man raised an eyebrow.

"You are Griffin Turner, the grandson of Krux and Acronix, the master of time, and an excellent runner." His words were condescending, and it made rage bubble in Griffin. He stood up, shoes in hand, and glared at him, his careful grip on his emotions wearing down.

"Listen, I have no clue what you want or who you are, but I just wanted to buy shoes. I'm not the master of time, no matter what you want," he hissed, shoving a finger into the man's chest, cursing the fact he had to reach up to do that.

The old man raised his hands in a surrender motion. "I am Garmadon, and I am here to offer you the chance to train your elemental powers. You already are good at going fast with them-"

Griffin's careful grip on his emotions slipped from him as he felt tears build up behind his sunglasses (which hide eyes of red, green, yellow, and blue). He sniffled, put the shoes back in the box, and turned away from the man who banished his ancestors.

"Sorry, dude, but I am not interested. Find some other master to train." Griffin walked away, clutching the box in his hand.

As he was walking away, Garmadon called out to him.

"You can do great things, master of speed."

Griffin didn't let himself break. He couldn't let himself break, even if those words were a balm on the wound that being the master of time had made. Maybe, just maybe, he could eventually use his powers to keep up an illusion that he was something better than he actually was.

Maybe he wouldn't end up like his grandfather.

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Someone recently brought it up to me that they were curious what Clockwork would look like in my Eldritch AU and I felt inspired so here you go! I wanted him to seem truly ancient which is why I went for a sundial/hour glass aesthetic. I imagine his tower even looks like a giant hour glass too with the Sands of Time eternally sifting though the glass with gears rotating through it. His beard and spectral tail are also sand-like and make it seem as if Clockwork is crumbling into dust which actually isn't the case at all. And lastly, instead of a staff Clockwork uses the sun dial in his chest to manipulate time.

Clockwork still uses gear portals of course to show visions of the past, present, and future, but like I said I imagine apart from the main structure the rest of the scenery is in constant motion. It shows cities being built, abandoned, then lost to time until they actually do turn to dust because that's the source of the tower's power. Whenever something is entirely forgotten by the world be it a place, a language, a story, a person, and so on those memories become part of the Sands of Time that Clockwork watches over...

Basically it looks a lot like Eris's domain in the Sinbad movie except for the fact its all inside of a giant hour glass with tons of gears churning the sand.

Bonus (Beardless Version):