He was surprised to see that there was a portal, it was much better than his car because eventually he would need to stop miles away from their rendezvous point and continue on foot in what would be endless snow. He walked towards the portal as he heard Jaklo’s offer to enchant a shovel, it was a nice offer from him, since Azai was only taking the shovel for show. As he approached Jaklo he noticed that he was lost in thoughts for a moment, he knew from the time he spent with him that he was worried about something maybe he was worried about the new guy, or maybe worried about the team from new guy. Azai knew that Teddy’s death got into Jaklo’s mind, and made him more worried about his friends. Teddy was a great wizard he was even about to become a friend of Azai, luckily that didn’t happen or else Azai would bottle more depression into his shell... Azai placed his arm on Jaklo’s shoulder trying to comfort him ”Don’t worry Jak I’ll make sure they come back safe. You have my word on that.” Azai didn’t wait for a reply from Jaklo and walked through the portal, only to remember that he forgot to ask for the enchantment of the shovel, but that thought quickly disappeared from his mind when the cold hit him right through to his bones ”God damn, this is hell when it freezes over.” Luckily his suit and trench coat enhanced fabric helped him from freezing in his ground, he thought about raising his body temperature to beat the cold but that was going to drain a lot of mana from him, so he had to suck it up and continue with his mission.
The streets were covered in thick snow, 5 feet thick. He could see Max who was already digging his way through the snow, he waved to him and wanted to join him as he saw the snow shaking and trembling opening a path towards their destination. Azai walked through the path to see a kid, it was Coal the new guy he recognized him from the picture that was sent to him with the debrief on his smart phone ”So much for stealth…” He saw Coal waving towards them. Azai wasn’t a fan of causing a ruckus especially when his team hasn’t got together and decided what to do yet, but he wasn’t going to say anything since he was still new and this was his first mission.