Contradictium

Overview

Contradictium is a self-negating vapor — a gaseous state of logical paradox. Discovered accidentally during harmonic experiments with Aetheric Balance Gas (Φ-Ω), it exists simultaneously in and out of phase, annihilating cause and effect in localized regions. Where Contradictium leaks, physics hesitates.

Physical and Psionic Properties

Contradictium defies conservation laws: it alternates between emitting and absorbing energy without net exchange. Spectral data differ for each observer; the gas tailors its properties to perception. Psionically, it induces “ontological resonance collapse,” causing temporary unreality or self-inversion.

Phases

• **Gas:** Instable, flickering, temporally inconsistent.
• **Field:** Diffuse paradox zone; causes impossible phenomena.
• **Crystal:** Only stable form, used for controlled antinomian experiments.

Uses and Occurrences

• None officially sanctioned.
• Utilized by outlaw Continuum sects for forbidden experimentation in divine inversion.
• Employed by some Eclipsite Atmosphere researchers to map reality boundaries.

Related Atmospheres

• Eclipsite Atmosphere

Trivia

• Known as “the gas that lies.”
• Contradictium cannot exist in recorded systems; writing its name nearby accelerates decay.
• Said to whisper “no” to itself in infinite recursion.