You've probably seen them in action, and you more than likely know what they're all about. But let's just go over something that people are neglecting as of late.
Epoch Circles are the territory of God. The person/thing holding the philosophers stone is God of that territory. In False Heaven's case, this is.. well, False Heaven. Eve is the philosopher's stone, and takes epoch circle commands from admins like Hasley. She puts the code/rules/commands of the Admins above all else at all times.
Now that you know how False Heaven does it's trippy Epoch circle stuff, here's another lesson. Take ANY law of how our universe works in every possible way. EVERY law.
Epoch circles ignore them. That's right Newton, you're outta the picture. You too Edison and Thomas Jefferson. Same for you Einstein and definitely you Aristotle. Epoch circles can bend, deny, and control the laws of existence itself. They can ban the existence of a certain object, or type of law, magic, energy, life itself, and they can even take the laws mentioned earlier and mess with them some more (Falling down? Let's try falling up. Opposites attract? No way. Time goes forward? How about backwards?)
Know that when a Epoch circle is created, it's not automatically bizzarro world inside them (everything is denied, messed up, whatever) all at once, the controller of the circle must will the circle to do whatever it is they want it to do.
Epoch circles also create/destroy matter/energy, also shooting down whats-his-face's law. Creating Black holes? Sure! How about antimatter? Go ahead! You name it, they do it.
Except a few rules.
-The laws they mess up cannot contradict themselves. You can't make something exist and not exist at the same time. That's not possible. Same thing with controlling time inside them, you can't make it go forward AND backward at the same time. If, by some sheer miracle and deus ex machina that you somehow can, you must explain how the hell it is possible. Saying 'because the epoch circle can do it' is not a valid answer because it just messes with laws, you're the one saying it can do certain things that normally should not happen. To get technical, if such a conflict arises and if it can't be explained as to why it happens, the existence's normal (Or nearest to being normal) law takes priority over the one it contradicts. So if time tried to move forward and backward, it would just move forward. Existence versus nonexistence just turns out to be regular existence.
-The Epoch circles can not, under any circumstance, break the 4th wall or even slightly even suggest it will. That goes against the rules of the RP. Just because it certainly looks like it can doesn't mean it can. Save that for joke topics that have nothing to do with IC where there's no rules against anything that happens.
-If an embodiment were to use their own force against the same opposing force in a circle, they both cancel out with, again, the normal one taking priority.
So Epoch circles have the potential to do anything and everything. But how do you avoid such a catastrophic end?
Simple. DON'T GET IN A CIRCLE. Unfortunately, if you're on False Heaven, you're already in one. Over 7.3 billion potential circles to be exact, covering every atom in every direction possible. If you're in it's pocket dimension, you're screwed doubly. The pocket dimension has it's existence edited to consist of solely epoch circles, False Heaven and it's residents/items/stuff, and it's people inside False Heaven. In other words, if you don't want to get screwed over, DON'T GO TO FALSE HEAVEN.
Now to explain validness of circles! A epoch circle only works if the person that owns it is touching it. False Heaven as a whole owns the circles, so any that touch it are valid and can screw you over. If an Epoch circle that's not valid touches a valid one, the validness copies over and then THAT circle is valid along with the original one! Make a giant net of epoch circle the size of Uranus, and whaddaya get? A Uranus of validness!
TL;DR VERSION
1. Epoch circles don't care about laws of existence; they OWN the laws of existence.
2. If you're in False Heaven, you're in a Epoch circle NO MATTER WHAT.
3. You need a philosopher stone to work Epoch circles, and Philosopher stones are tied to their owners; NO ONE ELSE CAN USE THEM. Nice try attacking False Heaven everyone, because you gain ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
4. Stay out of an Epoch circle and False Heaven if you don't want to die anytime soon. kthx.
This Zai Guide was dedicated to...
Hawkeye, who can't take a fucking hint about False Heaven and how utterly pointless it is for him to even try to take it for it's stuff.
People that knew some things about Epoch circles but needed a refresher/needed something to look off of for reference.
Nirosin and Lyoko222 so they can better defend False Heaven and use that silly alchemist Faote better.
Me because I got to say bad words and tell Newton to fuck off. 8{D
