Joss stood perfectly still as the Succubus circled in behind him, and to his credit doesn't seem alarmed.  Only the slightest widening of the eyes, the tension around the corners of his lips, speak of annoyance that he was snuck upon.  Even his tone, cultured and polite, hid any indignation.  "My dearest apologies, but of course you do not need to take upon a form that is... foreign to you."  He rather doubted it was, eyeing the woman in the long black dress for a moment as he sized up her potential.  Most likely some manner of mage, though his magesight hardly made anything clear in this city where nearly everything was magic.  The pleasantly plump form was admired for just a second, eyes raking over the velvet and silk, before he looks back to the two scarecrows.  Attentively, the death mage followed behind Patch and Kanis, listening to the briefing with unusual focus.<br/><br/>"This is more for reconnaissance than a search and kill then?"  He doesn't sound adverse to the idea, but certainly curious.  Though the uneven ground outside the city does seem to cause him some discomfort, leaning more heavily on his cane.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>