2017/Wu's Teas Timeline

This is a timeline of events that occured in 2017 in an alternate timeline where Wu and the ninja opened up a tea shop called Steeper Wisdom.

## 2017

### October

#### 30th

* Several Ninjago citizens gather around the doors of the Borg Store, where the release of the latest BorgWatch would be unveiled at.
* At the ruins of the Monastery of Spinjitzu, a butterfly lands on a flower before a rabbit begins to eat the flower. Wu then pulls out a watch as a vortex begins to form above the ruins of the monastery. After the rabbit flees, the vortex completely opens and it releases Acronix, one of the Time Twins. As Wu tells Acronix that he's right on time, Acronix is surprised to see how old Wu has become, saying his best days have passed, not unlike his monastery. As Wu tells Acronix that he still has plenty of days left, he asks him that if they should finish what they started, saying that he's been waiting decades. As Acronix remarks that it hasn't felt that long to him, Wu states that it ends now.
* At the Ninjago Museum of History, Jay says that it ends now to a statue head of Samukai, though he claims it doesn't help make cleaning up the museum any more interesting, and that they're ninja not janitors. As Lloyd reminds Jay that they are partially responsible for the damage caused to the museum, saying that if it is wasn't for their battles on the Day of the Departed, the place would still be in one piece as he pushes a trolley with a statue of Chen on it. As Jay questions whose fault that was, Cole apologizes for accidentally unleashing the evil spirits of their enemies onto Ninjago, before throwing the portrait of Yang in a nearby wheelbarrow and is about to move it, then Jay ask him how high can he count, then Cole grabs the wheelbarrow handles, but then hands glow orange making him let go, with Jay asking if he has gotten used to being human again, and Cole replies that he's working on it.
* Exiting the small room, they meet up with the other ninja in another exhibit, where Nya puts down a large crate, complaining that if she could travel back in time, she would make it so that she told Dr. Saunders that they were too busy to help clean up. As Zane pushes a trolley with a statue of Cryptor on it nearby, he reminds Nya of how some of them have time traveled before, saying it wasn't a joking matter, though Nya tells Zane it's just an expression. As Nya walks over to Kai, he tells her that he doesn't believe it, showing her a painting of their parents. While Nya determines that the painting was made when she was three, Kai explains that they know so little of them, saying they only left them with so little, though Nya reminds him they left them their powers.
* Cole then gets their attention, where they discover a massive painting depicting Master Wu and Garmadon fighting two unknown men at the Monastery of Spinjitzu while the other Elemental Masters watched. As Cole tells Lloyd that it's his dad and uncle in the picture, Lloyd wonders if he'll ever live up to their legacy. As Cole asks if anyone recognizes the battle in the painting, Zane requests P.I.X.A.L. to scan the painting, where she reports that facial recognition tells her that the battle took place forty years ago during the Serpentine War. Cole questions this, saying that Ninjago was at peace during this time, asking who they could've been fighting.
* At that moment, Dr. Saunders arrives with refreshments for the ninja. As he explains that it is a tea made from pickled beetroot, most of the ninja spit out their drinks, while Cole drops his, claiming that he was still getting used to his new hands, while Jay drinks it nonetheless. Lloyd asks Saunders what the painting was about, Saunders explains that it was a minor skirmish and that it held no historical significance, saying that was a reason why it isn't hung up in the main gallery. As Jay says it looks significant due to its size, Saunders says that it is all a huge myth. As Zane states that even if it was a myth, he asks who the men Wu and Garmadon were supposed to be fighting, saying he has no data on them. As Saunders puts down his tray on a nearby crate, he explains that there was a legend where two twin brothers known as the Hands of Time, saying they could allegedly control Time itself by speeding it up, slowing it down and whatnot before laughing, saying that time manipulation was a ridiculous fairy tale. As Nya asks who the older one was of the two, Saunders stated that the "handsome looking fella" was called Krux. Lloyd then asks who the nasty looking one is, with Saunders saying that in the stories, he was called Acronix.
* Acronix and Wu circle around the center plant in the courtyard, with Acronix telling Wu to give up, saying his brother wasn't here to bail him out, but Wu tells him that neither is his. Acronix asks whose fault that was, and Wu tells him that he and Garmadon did what they had to do in order to protect Ninjago. Acronix then says he will do he must do before pulling out a dagger and engaging Wu in a fight. Wu manages to knock back Acronix with his staff into a pole and tries to hit him with his again, but Acronix dodges it. Acronix climbs up the pole and as Wu is about to jump towards him, he cuts a piece off of Wu's staff. Saying that Wu was sprier than he imagined, he asks if he could catch up. Wu then climbs up after Acronix and manages to block Acronix's dagger from hitting him.
* At the Temple of Airjitzu, Ronin is carrying a box, asking Misako where he should put it. Telling him anywhere he could find space, she thanks him and Dareth for helping. Though Dareth says he's happy to help, Ronin tells him that he airlifted 300 boxes up to the temple, and Dareth didn't lift a single one. Saying he has a bad back, he tells them that the boxes aren't going to supervise themselves. Misako opens one of the boxes and finds Nya's old Samurai X outfit, which catches the attention of Ronin and Dareth. Saying it came to the wrong place, Dareth tells Ronin to get a look at it. Misako tells them that it was supposed to go to her Samurai X Cave instead of the temple, with Ronin question why, asking that he thought Nya gave up being Samurai X. Misako tells them that she keeps it as a reminder of her "previous life" along with her mech. Ronin says that if he was Nya, he would've sold it, saying that kind of tech would make some good money. He tells Misako that if Nya was interesting in selling it for a small fee. Dareth steps in and says it should go into a museum or his dojo before putting on the helmet and calling himself "Samurai D." As Misako and Ronin look on in disappointment, Dareth explains the "D" is for Dareth.
* Acronix climbs up after the tower of the monastery after Wu, telling him to once again give up, saying he has decades on him, saying he's both faster and stronger. Wu tells him that that's his mistake, saying that he thinks his youth is a greater weapon than Wu's experience. Acronix jumps after Wu and Wu nearly falls backward off the roof and down the cliffside but catches himself. Acronix jumps again and Wu dodges it. Telling him that he's arrogant to the finish as his brother, Acronix tells him it's confidence before struggling with Wu before Wu kicks him over him, where he lands on the edge of the roof. As his dagger falls down the cliff, Acronix nearly falls down too, but his cape is caught by Wu. Saying it was arrogance, he tells him that it was his brother's downfall and it would soon be his. Asking him if he yields, Acronix refuses, but Wu tells him there's no escape this time before letting go of him and quickly catching him again. Asking him again if he yields, Acronix still refuses, and Wu lets him fall to his death.
* At the Temple of Airjitzu, Misako asks Dareth to give her the Samurai X helmet, with Ronin offering to do so.
* The ninja finish cleaning up the museum and exit the building, before returning to the *Bounty*.

### November

#### 3rd

* After the ninja show off their Elemental Powers, Wu arrives and offers the Ninja a lesson in perspective. He demonstrates with the Scroll of the 4th Dimension, but the Ninja are unable to comprehend what he's trying to imply. Because of this, he tells his students they are not ready for the scroll's lessons.
* He tells them to show off their powers again, but everything freezes in time except Wu himself. He uses the opportunity to rearrange their Elements and weapons so that they attack themselves when time continues. The ninja are confused, but Wu explains that this is the first of the Scroll's lessons. He leaves to get some tea, but drops the Scroll on his way out. The Ninja race for the scroll, and Lloyd gets there first.
* He goes on to the second lesson, which affects gravity. Nya accidentally pushes the scroll away into Kai's hands and he attempts to fix it, but loses the scroll in the process. The Ninja work together to grab the scroll, and Jay tries to fix gravity, but accidentally reorganizes matter and therefore disables their Elemental Powers.
* Nya then goes for the scroll, and understands what Wu was trying to teach them: in order to change an event, they would have to change perspectives. She proceeds to turn the scroll upside down and turns everything back to normal. Lloyd fumbles with the scroll and accidentally drops it to where it was before. Wu returns and tells them he changed his mind about them being ready for the scroll's lessons. The Ninja nervously disagree, and Wu tells them it's for the best.

#### 5th

* The ninja and Wu settle down and open up a tea shop called Steeper Wisdom in Ninjago City.
* Wu, commenting on the success of his new tea shop, finds Jay sleeping on the job. He asks him to retrieve some black tea but accidentally gives the location of his secret teas. The other Ninja overhear him and decided to disobey the Master.
* They drink several teas, giving Kai the ability to float, shrinking Lloyd, growing Nya, making Cole glow red, and turning Jay partly into an octopus. Wu eventually catches them. When he asks why Kai is floating, Jay tries to cover for him, saying he learned from the internet. Master Wu buys the story, ordering them to get the black tea. However, Jay drinks more of his tea, making him fully transform into an octopus.

#### 6th

* The Robot Manager of a rival cofee shop steals Steeper Wisdom's customers with her ability to spin a sign. Kai competes with her in a spinny sign off but burns his shop in the process. Robot Manager saves it by fanning the tea shop with her sign and puts out the fire on Wu's clothes with tea.

#### 7th

* Dareth plays horribly on his clarinet. After Lloyd nervously tells everyone to applaud, he informs the Ninja the audience is bored. Jay gives the team Musicalitea, improving their ability to play songs.
* As the ninja play another song, Wu discovers out they drank Musicalitea, which is untested. They begin playing too hard, promoting Master Wu to tell Dareth to play his clarinet because if they continued playing, they would play the "Nuclear Note," which gave the hint that it would most likely cause destruction. The latter starts to play, much to everyone's disappointment.

#### 8th

* Cole returns from the coffee shop with his name on his cup wrong. This gives Lloyd an idea to get the customers' names right or Cole gets dunked into a giant teapot. They get most of the names right but call Dareth "Darren" instead. With that, Dareth gets to dunk Cole with a giant teabag.

#### 9th

* Jay buys a hand zapper and plans to shock Kai to impress Nya. Jay gets his anger out of control when he catches her with another handsome guy and decides to drink Beautea to impress her instead. As everyone swoons over him, Jay flirts with Nya. He soon shakes hands with the other guy, ending up shocked as the guy also had a hand zapper. As Jay lies on the floor in pain, Nya says how she loves funny guys.

#### 10th

* Kai, in charge of taking out the trash, decides to hide it under the floorboards. The health inspector arrives, checking everything a success. Meanwhile, Nya and Kai notice the floorboard is about to give. They attempt to hide it, but after they get a perfect score, trash flies everywhere, with the inspector giving them a bad score instead.

#### 11th

* Wu throws away Monstrositea tea bags into a sink of water because it's getting old. He later finds Nya with a panda cub asking if they can keep it. Wu reminds her no animals are allowed but changes his mind when it starts attracting more customers into his shop. The panda finds Monstrositea, causing it to grow and go on a rampage. Wu, once again, changes his mind about the policy.

#### 12th

* Jay, being lazy, asks Zane to do the dishes while he watches TV. While Zane complains how he does most of the chores every day, Jay changes a few channels, discovering it also controlled Zane. He uses this to his advantage, making Zane do all the chores. He accidentally breaks the remote. With Zane free, Jay tries to defend himself by saying their chores are done. Zane, not amused, freezes Jay in a block of Ice while he takes his place on the couch, using him as a footstool.

#### 13th

* Lloyd goes to the coffee shop to give Robot Manager a tea kettle, which is actually a trap, with Kai inside it to discover what's in Robot Manager's coffee that makes them taste good. She, however, throws it away in a dumpster full of banana peels. Kai reports that this was the coffee's secret ingredient.

#### 14th

* Wu orders Cole to sweep the floor. However, he finds the dust on the floor rather than in the dustpan. Confused, he tries multiple times but discovers out it consumed his broom. He attacks it with multiple objects, making the pile grow bigger. He vacuums it instead, but it explodes, making the dust go everywhere. Wu, still finding the shop dirty, asks Cole to continue to sweep it.

#### 15th

* Jay finds the stove isn't working and asks an unusually calm Kai to boil the teas with his fire. He realizes he drank Serenitea, which makes him calm and meditating. Jay fails to get him mad by insulting him and disrupting the peace, but calmly tells him he will ask Nya out on a date. This makes Kai angry, and negates the effects of the Serenitea, allowing Jay to boil the tea for the customers.

#### 16th

* Zane, disguised as a maintenance bot, tries to get close enough to the coffee shop's espresso machine in order to freeze it. Robot Manager, suspicious at first, allowes him to the machine, completing the mission. Robot Manager serves a customer who asked for hot coffee using the machine, but much to the ninja's shock, it actually tastes good. The coffee shop then has customers flooding into the store, with Zane being disappointed.

#### 17th

* Lloyd, who is late to his shift for the third time in a row, and not in the mood to clean toilets for being late again, tries to avoid the many disasters happening in Ninjago, such as floods, a parade, and car accidents while heading to Steeper Wisdom. When he gets there, he notices the shop is empty and decides to pretend he was there the whole time. Master Wu, however, knew he was late and gives him his punishment to clean the toilets.
* At 2:30 AM, Wu wakes up and steals the white tea.

#### 18th

* Wu asks the ninja who took his white tea. When no one speaks up, Jay sets up a security system to catch the thief.

#### 19th

* The ninja find out it was actually Wu himself who stole the white tea, sleepwalking into the shop. He blames the robots for stealing his pajamas, his favorite teddy bear, and having his taste in tea, only to hear amusement from the others. He then tells everyone to get back to work before one of the traps is soon sprung.

#### 20th

* Cole, not wanting to do chores, makes a bet with Jay in a coin toss: heads, Jay has to do both their chores, tails, he leaves and doesn't have to do anything. Jay flips the coin but it lands on one of the support beams. He grabs a ladder to retrieve it but knocks down everything in the process. Cole notes it landed on tails and left the room. Jay complains but then realizes out Cole tricked him to misunderstand the bet.

#### 21st

* Nya paints a mural outside Steeper Wisdom but due to the weather—heat, wind, and lightning—her mural is always messed up. She eventually pours paint on herself and uses Spinjitzu to fix it, but makes an even better painting than she expected.

#### 22nd

* Cole tells the customers that if they can beat Zane in a game in chess, they can get free tea. However, he wins them all, much to everyone's amazement. The Robot Manager challenges him but is able to win. When she goes to get her tea, Zane's queen falls out of her sleeve, getting herself thrown out for cheating.

#### 23rd

* Ronin convinces Wu to enter a taste test to win a golden mug so that they don't have to do business anymore. When they lose to the Robot Manager, Ronin cheers saying he owned both the coffee shop and Steeper Wisdom. He goes to get the mug, which is actually an ordinary mug spray painted gold with wood glued on, and tells Wu he only competed to get publicity.
* Wu and Robot Manager meet up, agreeing to be friends rather than rivals. They see a stand selling free juice and decide to get some.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 The Hands of Time
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Master of the 4th Dimension
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Secret Teas
4. ↑ Spinny Sign
5. ↑ Music Night, Part 1
6. ↑ Music Night, Part 2
7. ↑ Names
8. ↑ Funny Guys
9. ↑ Inspection Day
10. ↑ Panda-monium
11. ↑ Remote Control Zane
12. ↑ Trojan Tea Kettle
13. ↑ Mystery Dust
14. ↑ Cool-Headed Kai
15. ↑ Undercover Zane
16. ↑ Lloyd's Late
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Steep Surveillance
18. ↑ The Coin Toss
19. ↑ Nya's Mural
20. ↑ Zaney Chess Game
21. ↑ The Taste Test
22. ↑ A Beautiful Friendship