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".....I-I c-could......M-Miss...." Katie tugs on Dackly again, whispering to her. "C-can I tell you something?"
"How you take hit? You no have armour! You not big strong ape like Gogo!"

"Strength in numbers. Anyway, we're decamping from here. Going somewhere a bit less.....well, demolished."

The party will presumably arrive at the Farm soon, to pay their last respects to Nancy.

"Gogo no want go into town!" The gorilla complains, smashing the ground next to Dackly and leaving a crack. "People always shoot at Gogo! Gogo no want to be shot! It hurt Gogo!"
Katie is whimpering nearby.

Mio goes for the Fairy Barrier: Masakado

Sachi goes to analyse.

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Eventually, Jojo is located. He is indeed, up a tree, near the playground. The black cat is hiding up in a rather tall tree, clinging to the branch it's on.

And being terrorised by what appears to be an oversized gorilla in a suit of armour, replete with jetpack and what appear to be two shoulder-mounted artillery cannons.
"Come here, kitty kitty! Come on, who does Gogo wuv? You! Yes youuuuu!"
The cat hisses at the gorilla cyborg, backing up against the tree.
"J-Jojo!" Katie sobs. "......h-he's my cat!"
"No! Gogo found cat first! Therefore is my cat!"

.....oh dear.

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Meanwhile.....
Penelope rounds the next exit with her bike, leading the party down a rather long road into a rather green part of the city, with less buildings and more grass and trees. A mansion can be seen up ahead, topping a hill. Penelope continues driving down the lane towards the mansion.

Victoria and Asuka lag behind slightly, but the sounds of fighting can be heard shortly after. As they follow her past the treeline, they realise why.

Three individuals are fighting off what appear to be a green, gorgon-like monster with one eye and a multitude of tentacle-like appendages, and a hawk-like monster with red feathers and bat-like wings, surrounded by what appear to be mooks in black, skin-fitting clothes with white helmets. They're not Armored Riders, as evidenced by the lack of resemblance to Penelope's armour and the lack of Arcana Belts around their waist, as well as the entirely mundane halberds they're all wearing.

The individuals themselves seem to resemble Riders of some kind, but are not Armored Riders. Their belts seem to be small, golden buckles, with two slides opening out like a gate, and the interior glows with strange insignia unrecognisable from here. One, the one nearest the newcomers, is decked out in blue and black armour, with a visor resembling that of a knight's helmet and a butterfly mask, a gold saber in their hands as they fight off some of the black-suited mooks. Another one is dressed in shades of green, with two red eyes on their helmet and a mouthpiece resembling that of a mantis' mouth, with two pistol-like weapons in their hands, blades attached to the bottoms of the guns as they parry a strike from the tentacled monster. Finally, the other one is armored in red armour, with the armour's shape resembling that of a heavily-muscled man and the helmet decorated with small protruding horns from the side and a pair of yellow trips on each side of the face acting as the visor for that helmet. They seem to be taking out the mooks with their bare fists.

Penelope gets off of her bike, taking out her Lancer Visor and charging towards the fray, shield ready to cover herself as she leaps at one with her spear. Taking it down with a club to the back of the head, she turns to her allies.
"Cover me and help those other Riders, they're our allies! We need their information"
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~Cyclone Effect~

"I must've been.....what, twelve? It's been five years since I left the Farm, so I can't remember her too well.....but she was really nice. Before I met Emilia's dad, she was more or less my mom and dad, rolled into one.

Just....dammit."

"She hugs people she likes. Sort of like a metal detector, only with friendly people and with more tackling."