magic          
                          
                                   
                                          
   magic is about being unaccountable,    
 about  removing the source of the action 
 from  yourself. it works by exploiting a 
       kind of gravity, called the        
              arrow of time.              
                                          
 things in this universe always  seek the 
 least energetic state. all potential  is 
 gradually lost  into  lesser forms (such 
                as heat).                 
                                          
     magic then, is creating tunnels,     
 specific  and intricate canals, for this 
 to happen in a controlled manner.  think 
 of it as  setting an elaborate  trap for 
                 entropy.                 
                                          
 and then, when  the  circuit closes, the 
 arrow is  forced  to  do  your  bidding! 
                                          
   of course, you're also irreversably    
 draining  time  from  the  universe, but 
                   yeah.                  
                                          
                                          
                                  
                                          
                                          
 the danger is a runaway spell  -  if the 
 filament of  your canal  is too weak, or 
 the potential is high  enough to  escape 
 any self-closing mechanisms -  a breach. 
                                          
     these are usually catastrophic.      
 although   many  are  local,  they  stay 
 active  until  closed   off  by  counter 
 spells  (hard to pull off) or there's no 
       more energy to fall through.       
                                          
 in that case the outcome depends  on the 
   spell. small-scale breaches might not  
 even  be noticeable by the  uninitiated; 
 but  a spell might also  very well bring 
 about the heat  death  of the  universe. 
                                          
                                          
                                       
                                          
                                          
 well. it  is what it  is. a dying  art.. 
           maybe for the best.