The icy wind whipped and whistled all around Coal, causing piles of snow to slowly crawl forward like glaciers. Snowflakes spun and twirled in the air, floating gently down before sizzling out of existence once near the heat Coal radiated. Save the wind, everything was silent.

“This is getting a bit dull,” Cerberus’ voice shattered the silence as if it was thin ice, his purred tone seemingly carrying on for miles in the cold desert. 
“Are we in the right place?” Coal asked, lifting his head from his stick-figure drawing in the snow, white was all he could see. However, Cerberus’ eyes shone yellow as he scanned the area as he hunched his furred back, “Maybe a few feet off mark, I see houses over there.” Coal narrowed his eyes, it didn’t help. His human eyes couldn’t pierce the veil of snow and ice.
“C’mon,” Cerberus said as he lept off from Coal’s shoulder, beginning his walk towards the houses, “Let’s get to the place before you turn into an ice cube.”
Coal sighed and groaned as he got up, the heavy pile of forming snow on his back sliding off as he followed close, his runes in the snow following too. Why not prep a little magic as he waited?

Isa, the rune of ice, followed close at Coal’s heel. Causing a path of pure ice to form wherever it went.

Hagalaz, rune of storms, seemed to shift in and out of reality, while effectively blocking the snow storm and ice from harming Coal. 

Raido, rune of movement, was directly under Coal’s shoe. What helped Coal traverse the thick snow, and what caused the other runes actually [i]move[/i].

The rest of his conjured up snow angels and snow-drawings were useless and were already cleaned up by the howling wind.

“Nervous? First mission and all, I’d assume you’d be,”
Coal shook his head at the familiar, “Me? Nervous? Nah, it’s just finding clues. I doubt it’d be too stressful,” the pair stopped as they reached the ice-caked homes, forgetting the original topic entirely. 

“All this snow, and your team wants to get rid of it all using shovels?”

Coal shrugged, “They seem to want to do stuff mundane. Total waste in my opinion, what’s the point of having magic if you’re not going to use it?” Cerberus nodded in agreement as Coal raised his arms, palms splayed as the runes in the snow glowed a bright purple, “Much quicker this way.”
The snow shook. The snow on the roofs, under Coal, and falling from the sky, all seemed to shake. Large chunks of ice and snow were coming loose and tumbling down the side, creating larger piles of more snow, but more importantly, clearing the way to the door faster. 

He heard the crunch of snow slowly getting louder, as a distant and blurred silhouette of a man grew clearer and closer, a few more dark specks joined, marching towards the frozen-solid homes. Cerberus' immediate response to hiss, while Coal waved friendly. His team was finally here, and on time to see his (hopefully) impressive handiwork. 

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I wrote this at like midnight, so my brain isn't working a 100%, so forgive any goofs here.
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