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.