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.