I'm not a fan of this pair, they're just normal high school girls who passively observe the crazy antics that go on around them. It's not the first time Fran didn't appear in the story, but at least with stores like the Justice Ranger, or the cop lady that kept getting dragged into things, they were still involved with Fran in one way. It feels like these characters are more limiting to the story than allowing it to go in different directions, it's taking the edge off of Franken Fran.