Time is a rare luxury which can never be purchased at any cost

"I want more time!" Miss, Procrastination cried out from the entrance of the shop. The customers did not pay any heed to her unusual demand. After all, this was usual in the city of Clockhands, where, time was bought regularly so that it would not slip away from the grasp of our hands.

Mrs. Minutes never imagined that her daughter would not live up to her name. Miss Procrastination was an acute procrastinator - her demanding voice could be heard at the shop every week.

"Pipe down Miss P., I shall be back with your minutes in a jiffy" I replied.

"How much?" asked Miss Procrastination when I gave her what she wanted.

You know, I don't charge anything and you do realize that you are not getting more time; you are just sacrificing bits of your lifespan for your bad time management. So you are paying with your life.

""I just couldn't risk missing Sir Deadline today, he’s important to me, you know that."

You say that every time Procrastination. If he's so important why don't you try managing your time better?

"Miss Procrastination and I have conversations like this, every time she visits my shop, and I fail to make her understand the gravity of the situation. Time is a dangerous business- one mistake and it could be fatal.

Time is ephemeral and limited. People who buy and sell time become victims of perilous diseases and often pay up with their lives or even lose their loved ones. I come from a bloodline of time sorcerers, who take pride in their art of manipulating time.

The notion of time- management is a chimeric dream in Clockhands and thus there is a lot of demand for people like us.

When I was younger, the world knew the value of time. They did their assignments on time, made time to meet their loved ones and used a clock to keep track of time. Nowadays, people of Clockhands have taken time for granted like Miss Procrastination. Many people make Sir Deadline wait until the very last day.

One evening, Mrs. Minutes came rushing to my shop, accompanied by Clockhands' police. "Arrest this woman!"

She's the one who overdosed my naive Procrastination with excessive time."cried out Mrs. Minutes with tears swelling up her eyes.

Sir Deadline stood near her, with crimson eyes and not a word from his mouth.

"I, officer Jiffy of Clockhands Police, arrest you for the murder of Miss Procrastination Acute" Jiffy said while handcuffing me.

"Well, this was bound to happen one day or another," I said to myself.

Clockhands have been corrupted by time- manipulation for a very long time. This had to end one day for the good of the people. Although I have to admit, I regret Procrastination's death.

She was the only friend left; who I thought did not have the fatal symptoms of time. But I was wrong.

Timekeepers also don't live long in Clockhands.

As I marched towards my doom, I knew Clockhands would progress towards a better future, a future where time is considered a luxury and not something to be bought or sold.