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Penny chuckled with the shade of her friend, the tender yet forlorn smile on her lips slowly dying as Lynette vanished into thin air. Yet somehow she felt better, the cold sorrow in her chest replaced by the warmth and excitement that came whenever Penny set her mind to something. She cracked her knuckles. She didn’t have a goddamn clue where to actually start looking for Caelea’s killer other than away from the bank, but she didn’t need one. Penny would turn over the entirety of the city if she needed. She was pretty certain she could, too, given the proper amount of art supplies and pocket rockets.

She had barely lifted her foot from the ground when Odessa called out to her. The words made her stop as Penny weighed the options.  It would be nice to have Odessa along, solely because the strange girl could sense Extra Normals. However, that very ability was the reason why Odessa should stay with the others. She could warn them, give them a chance to prepare themselves against whatever other horrible things there were lurking out in this city. Penny could handle herself, but the others? They needed all the help they could get. She turned to reject the girl’s offer.

“They’re gone,” said Odessa from the top of the stairs.

Well, that solved the problem of Penny needing Odessa to stay behind to watch the others. Perhaps she’d take the girl with her after—wait. [color=goldenrod]“They’re [b]what!?[/b]”[/color] Penny took the steps up to the bank two at a time before rushing past Odessa. Echoes of feet pounding on marble tiles, doors slamming against walls, and names being shouted at the top of her lungs bounced around the empty lobby as Penny searched for the strangers. Bathrooms, offices, and open vaults were blitzed through, but there was no sign of anyone else being inside of the bank. When Penny returned to Odessa inside of the lobby her head was shaking and her eyes looked frantic.

[color=goldenrod]“Seriously, what the fuck man why did they—how did they—where did they—”[/color] Penny gestured wildly and broke out laughing, mostly from the shock of it all. She spoke between chuckles, sounding so baffled that it almost seemed like she was a little amused by her own bewilderment [color=goldenrod]“Like this is just great! How does everyone just keep disappearing? Searching for one person would be hard enough, but trying to find half a dozen? Shit!”[/color]

Penny threw back her head and groaned, effectively ending her own giggle fit. She turned to Odessa with a shrug, [color=goldenrod]“Any guesses as to what we do? I mean obviously we got to find them, but like how? Can you do your weird thing and sense them?”[/color]