Fantasy Trope: Historical Fantasy (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HistoricalFantasy)
Current Event: http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/bay-city/index.ssf/2015/12/the_spirit_of_christmas_was_al.html
Filip Dybdahl sighed then said, “All of the magic has gone out of the world.” He was working a potion to lay down gold circuitry on an enchanted matrix for a board to be packed off into space. The telescope the University was working on for the United Nations would help astrologers make more accurate horoscopes for each of the signatory countries. Non-signatories would just have to take their chances with fate.
Shrugging, Maja Wiig said, “Our ancestors didn’t help keep the saints alive, you know. They could have been Catholic, but chose to be Protestants instead. Killing off all the saints, as it were.”
Filip grunted. “If there was one bit of magic I could call back,” he began.
“Don’t!” Maja exclaimed.
“What’s wrong?”
“Don’t you know anything about the intersection of the real and the fantastic?”
He straightened up, thumbs going into the small of his back, shaking his head. “I had the same fundamental courses you did before I sat for my Masters in Alchemy. What are you talking about?”
“You remember when you took that elective class in Classical Egyptian Incantations?”
“Duh. Professor McGuillicudy said if I wanted to get my bachelor’s I had to take her class.”
“Yeah? Well I took a physics class instead.”
His eyes widened. “You took Planar Mathematic Spells for Physicists?”
She shrugged again. “Calculus was always fun for me. Conjuring gravity anomalies was a great way to meet boys with brains.”
“So you learned about this what, ‘intersection of the real and the fantastic’? What’s that supposed to mean?”
She scowled at him and said, “You sound pretty hostile. I don’t know if I want to tell you about it. Especially if you’re standing there ready to bite my head off. Whatever happened to your Scandinavian coolness?”
“It heated up when we got here. The Massachusetts Institute of Thaumaturgy isn’t exactly a place where I can lay back on my frozen butt and bask in the glories of my previous accomplishments! I’ve had to fight against these Gud forbannet Amerikanere for everything I’ve gotten.” He swung a flat-handed chop at her. “You have, too!”
She surrendered with both hands up and a laugh, “You’re the one who wanted to bring back the magic of Christmas!”
He opened his mouth to continue his attack, then closed it. He closed his eyes, then put dug one thumb into each temple, adding, “I’m tired. Not myself.” He looked up at her and for a moment, his gaze was bleak. “And I miss home. It’s Christmas…”
Names: ♀ Norway; ♂ Norway
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