&&¨¨¨¨&&&& ¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨&
¨¨&¨¨¨&¨¨¨ ¨¨¨&¨¨&¨¨&
&¨&&¨¨&&¨¨ ¨¨¨&&¨&&¨&
¨&&¨&¨&¨&¨ &¨¨&¨&&¨&&
&&¨&&&&&&& ¨&¨&&&¨&&¨
&¨&&¨¨¨¨¨¨ %* %*% *% &&&&¨¨&&¨&
¨&&¨&¨¨¨¨¨ %*%**»»¨ ¨»»%**%*% &¨¨¨&¨&¨&&
&&¨&&&¨¨¨¨ %* %* ,,, ¨¨ 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. ¨&¨¨¨¨&¨&&
¨¨&&&&¨¨¨¨ &&&¨¨¨&&&¨
¨¨&¨¨¨&¨¨¨ ¨¨¨&¨¨&¨¨&
&¨&&¨¨&&¨¨ ¨¨¨&&¨&&¨&
¨&&¨&¨&¨&¨ &¨¨&¨&&¨&&
&&¨&&&&&&& ¨&¨&&&¨&&¨
&¨&&¨¨¨¨¨¨ &&&&¨¨&&¨&