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.