The casual nature of the meeting was appealing to Skosha.  The jokes and laughs and smiles.  All of it was stuff that felt so distant.  Skosha smiled back and laughed along with Jonathan and the others, but it felt somewhat hollow.  When was the last time she had actually laughed?  Probably sometime before entering the game.  As long as she was in the game though, she had something to stay focused on.  She needed to beat the game.  Even if she didn't clear the final floor herself, she wanted to see the outside world again.  It would be a little dimmer, and much harder with what she'd lost, but she, like so many others, had resolved long ago to complete the game.<br/><br/>While they chatted, their small group had doubled in size and things were starting to look like a full party.  Plenty of damage dealers and damage takers, so a standard raid formation would do just fine.  Hakado had volunteered for point, so Skosha didn't need to be primary tank, though her skills were still best utilized for defense, and maybe positioning the enemy.  "Okay, that sounds good, Hakado.  I can be a secondary defender, and maybe if there's enough, time wind up for a heavy hit."  Skosha gestured slightly to the sword on her shoulder before continuing, "Suki, would you like to pair up?  Since we're probably more interested in the event drop than anyone else here, it would make sense."  Considering the two of them had apprehended dozens of PKers, they were closely matched.  Skosha would still probably place her bets on Suki though.  "Unless you were thinking of not pairing off.  That would be very like you."  It was then that Skosha noticed not everyone in the party had winter gear.  "Oh and since this boss might be an ice elemental, I have gloves and cloaks if anyone needs frost resist."  Skosha opened up her inventory and displayed what was available again to anyone who might need it.<br/>