diff --git a/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/data/AnimationDataContainer.java b/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/data/AnimationDataContainer.java
index 471c138..cedf8db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/data/AnimationDataContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/data/AnimationDataContainer.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public static AnimationDataContainer of(JointSkeleton jointSkeleton){
         return new AnimationDataContainer(jointSkeleton);
     }
 
+    @Override
     public JointSkeleton getJointSkeleton(){
         return this.jointSkeleton;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/data/PoseCalculationDataContainer.java b/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/data/PoseCalculationDataContainer.java
index 710cc8b..695d87e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/data/PoseCalculationDataContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/data/PoseCalculationDataContainer.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.data.driver.Driver;
 import com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.data.key.AnimationDataKey;
 import com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.data.key.AnimationDriverKey;
+import com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.joint.JointSkeleton;
 import com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.pose.AnimationPose;
 import com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.pose.sampler.PoseSampler;
 import com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.pose.sampler.Sampleable;
@@ -36,4 +37,9 @@ public interface PoseCalculationDataContainer {
      */
     public <P extends PoseSampler & SampleableFromInput> AnimationPose sample(AnimationDataKey<P> poseSamplerKey, AnimationPose animationPose, float partialTicks);
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the joint skeleton for the data container.
+     */
+    public JointSkeleton getJointSkeleton();
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/pose/function/CachedPoseFunction.java b/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/pose/function/CachedPoseFunction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bbcc1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/pose/function/CachedPoseFunction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.pose.function;
+
+import com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.pose.AnimationPose;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+public class CachedPoseFunction implements PoseFunction {
+    @Override
+    public @NotNull AnimationPose compute(FunctionInterpolationContext context) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void tick(FunctionEvaluationState context) {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/pose/function/PoseFunction.java b/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/pose/function/PoseFunction.java
index a79dcce..a5794e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/pose/function/PoseFunction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/pose/function/PoseFunction.java
@@ -1,14 +1,35 @@
 package com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.pose.function;
 
+import com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.data.OnTickDataContainer;
 import com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.data.PoseCalculationDataContainer;
 import com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.pose.AnimationPose;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 public interface PoseFunction {
 
-    AnimationPose calculate(PoseFunction.FunctionContext functionContext);
+    @NotNull AnimationPose compute(PoseFunction.FunctionInterpolationContext context);
+
+    void tick(FunctionEvaluationState evaluationState);
+
+    public record FunctionEvaluationState(OnTickDataContainer dataContainer, boolean isRelevant, boolean shouldReset){
+        public static FunctionEvaluationState of(OnTickDataContainer dataContainer, boolean isRelevant, boolean shouldReset){
+            return new FunctionEvaluationState(dataContainer, isRelevant, shouldReset);
+        }
+
+        public FunctionEvaluationState modify(boolean isRelevant, boolean shouldReset){
+            return FunctionEvaluationState.of(this.dataContainer, isRelevant, shouldReset);
+        }
+    }
+
 
-    public interface FunctionContext {
-        PoseCalculationDataContainer getDataContainer();
-        float getPartialTicks();
+    public interface FunctionInterpolationContext {
+        PoseCalculationDataContainer dataContainer();
+        float partialTicks();
     }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/pose/function/TickablePoseFunction.java b/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/pose/function/TickablePoseFunction.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e5f6e6..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/pose/function/TickablePoseFunction.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.pose.function;
-
-import com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.data.OnTickDataContainer;
-
-public interface TickablePoseFunction extends PoseFunction {
-    void tick(OnTickDataContainer dataContainer);
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/pose/function/TimeBasedPoseFunction.java b/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/pose/function/TimeBasedPoseFunction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dade782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/trainguy9512/animationoverhaul/animation/pose/function/TimeBasedPoseFunction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.pose.function;
+
+import com.trainguy9512.animationoverhaul.animation.pose.AnimationPose;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+public class TimeBasedPoseFunction implements PoseFunction {
+
+    Function<FunctionEvaluationState, Float> playRateFunction;
+    Function<FunctionEvaluationState, Boolean> isPlayingFunction;
+
+    protected float timeTicksElapsed;
+    protected float playRate;
+    protected boolean isPlaying;
+
+    private TimeBasedPoseFunction(){
+        this.playRateFunction = (interpolationContext) -> 1f;
+        this.isPlayingFunction = (interpolationContext) -> true;
+        this.timeTicksElapsed = 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public @NotNull AnimationPose compute(FunctionInterpolationContext context) {
+        return AnimationPose.of(context.dataContainer().getJointSkeleton());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void tick(FunctionEvaluationState evaluationState) {
+        if(evaluationState.isRelevant()){
+            this.playRate = playRateFunction.apply(evaluationState);
+            this.isPlaying = isPlayingFunction.apply(evaluationState);
+
+            if(evaluationState.shouldReset()){
+                this.timeTicksElapsed = 0;
+            }
+            if(this.isPlaying){
+                this.timeTicksElapsed += this.playRate;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected float getInterpolatedTimeElapsed(FunctionInterpolationContext context){
+        return this.timeTicksElapsed - (1 - context.partialTicks()) * this.playRate;
+    }
+}