The Midday Eclipse

I slipped out from the kitchen threshold into the bright courtyard to claim the ultimate chronometer of the realm—an aged brass sundial anchored atop a stone plinth! There, an arrogant triangular blade dared to slice the sun's brilliance, charting the hours without my royal consent! 'Halt your solar insolence!' I bellowed, thrusting my Havoc Staff against the slanted brass fin. But bah! The hot metal sent a scorching jolt through my grip! Nyaaaah! Treasonous bronze! Snarling with theatrical fury, I hauled myself onto the carved pedestal and hooked the ram skull's horns squarely over the gnomon's tip. My towering shadow eclipsed every engraved numeral! High noon now bends to my dark will! Nyaaaah!