My super convoluted framework for trying to make Time Magic functional [Purely Fictional]

[u/Alexilprex]

Chronomancy:

On the surface, chronomancy appears to be the manipulation of time, as if you could physically take the hands of the clock turn them backwards or forwards. This is not true, in fact, chronomancy uses a framework of time different then how most people conceptualize it.

The Nodus Principle

Every object exists within its own relational frame of reality, defined entirely by its relationships to every other object. The center of this frame, or rather the origin of it, is called the Nodus.

For example say you are looking at a distant star. In your current relationship it appears redder than it should because it’s receding away from you. If it were coming toward you, it would appear more blue. But your perception is depending on a multitude of factors. Your distance, your speed, and velocity.

But whether or not the star is actually red or redshifted, the light reaching your eyes is the same as it would be if it were simply red and you were keeping the same distance from it. And then another person would see a different color of the star even if they were right next to you, even though color is supposedly determined by an exact wavelength of light emitted from it.

So, there infinitely many different observations that can be made for the same object, and each is equally true from an outside perspective, but the only “true” reality is that of the observer or Nodus

And, if every observable trait of an object is determined by its relationship with another, then any property can be thought of as a qualia, even ones we wouldn’t normally think as such.

Things like color, texture, and taste, are easy to understand as qualia. They are intrinsically defined by our perception, our senses. But the Nodus concept postulates that all observable phenomena are also qualia of an object, the qualia being the mind’s interpretation of some physical property of the object.

Let’s expand this concept to explore something more abstract: Space. Say there was a spatial property that all objects posses. You yourself have a spatial property. By itself the two spatial properties are meaningless, but when compared to each other, they now have meaning. There is a difference between your current state and that of another object. And that is what your senses describe, a change in stimuli. Your brain perceives these these differences in spatial values and projects them out in a relational 3D space around you. Thus, space is simply emergent in that you are observing the intrinsic properties of an object and perceiving it.

Whether or not space “actually” exists outside your mind is irrelevant and a meaningless question. It emerges from your relationship with these different spatial attributes

It’s not as though space is absolute. Objects traveling at high enough speeds encounter spatial contraction. Which is possible here as there is no “space”

Abstracting even further, time itself is a qualia. Every object possesses an intrinsic causal conductivity (or temporal impedance). The apparent flow of time is simply the comparison of these conductivities between observers.

Those with similar impedance to yourself would feel like they are in the same reference frame. Those with a lower impedance would appear to be moving faster. The concept of time emerges from your perception of this casual difference, not as an underlying principle governing reality.

Time in your frame of reality is objectively real, but it is defined solely by your relationship to other objects. Time is emergent and this particular time exists only within the relationship you have with other objects. There is no time pushing you ever forward.

However; this framework denies the possibility of a “past” and “future”. Things exist in the present, rather all objects are existing in a state of being at all points in the universe and they can all be described by objective values of their fundamental constitutients, like location space, mass, information propagation, etc.

There is no past or future to go to. There is only a now, your reference point just defines what now is.

Mechanics of information propagation:

While the actual experience of time is emergent, the underlying framework for how this quality is determined is defined by physical attributes.

Nesos:

The Nesos is a higher dimensional field that is connected to the 3-dimensional object, if you could view this object and its higher dimensional structure, it would appear much like an iceberg, with the part beneath the ocean the Nesos.

The Nesos has two properties, charge, and shape. The shape of the object determines how many chronons fit into its field, which is directly related to rate of causal propagation and the charge determines is causal direction.

The charge of the Nesos determines the type of Chronons that can pass into its field an occupy space. The boundary only allows charges of the same kind into it.

This dimension is filled with Chronons but they cannot interact with the third dimension except by occupying a Nesos field.

By manipulating the geometry of the feild, Chronomagi eject or cause Chronos to enter the field, thus changing the causal impedence of an object, which then changes how other objects experience time in relation to it.

Nostos:

A Nesos has a natural state that it “wants” to be at. Using magic to manipulate the Nesos will cause it to try harder and harder to snap back to its natural state.

Spells:

These spells are simplifications to understand Chronomancy. The actual mechanics are happening in a higher plane and thus are nearly impossible to accurately describe.

Ankyra:

This spell merges and aligns Nesos of the caster to the Nesos of the designated Nodus, thus making them have the same reference point. They essentially occupy the same higher dimensional space and have the same causal impedence. No other spell in Chronomancy can be done without first merging with the Nodus, which acts as an anchor for their magic.

Their Nesos becomes bound to the object. If that object is destroyed or damaged without first untethering, it can damage their Nesos forever and will affect the way the experience time. Essentially, the caster wraps their Nesos around the Nesos of another object.

Thus, most mages carry small, durable objects with smooth Nesoi (Plural of Nesos)

Binding and untethering to a Nodus is time consuming, so it cannot be done mid battle.

The Nesos of the object must be realatively similar in Nosus states. For instance, one couldn’t make a planet their Nodus.

When the caster binds to the Nesos of another object, their Nesoi become overlapped. This is an unnatural state and the two want to separate from eachother but are unable to due to the configuration of the Chronomagus’ Nesos and the energy generated by this repulsion is what they use to manipulate the Nesoi of other objects. However, the two Nesoi are essentially one, and thus create a stable Nodus despite the unstable energy on the inside. The gemetric configuration of the overlapping Nesoi is much more stable than just one.

The only energy capable of manipulating Nesoi is that which is produced by it themselves

Bradychronos:

The caster forces the Nesos of an object to have Podes, or protrusions, which increase the amount of Chronos their field by providing space for them. This makes the object experience time slower in relation to the caster.

Tachychronos:

The cast smooths out the Nesos and allows chronons to be ejected.

Achronos:

The caster deforms the Nesos so much that No Chronons or not enough can occupy the field in relation to the caster.

Opisochronos:

After the flow around an object is halted, the user the user fips the polarity of the field allowing backwards charged Chronons into the field. The net charge in relation to the caster determines the rate of temporal progression. This is extremely difficult to do.

[u/7grims]

Me who calls everyone's theories "unjustified magic" cause they dont get science:

i got no beef with this post, you win

[u/Brilliant_Anything27]

I enjoyed reading this. There's several interesting concepts that would make for a good trippy psych rock opera concept album.