Muncie is a city in the state of Indiana.

History

Phil Coulson and John Garrett traveled to Muncie as one of the random teams chosen to investigate the candidates rejected from the Index as possible identities for the Clairvoyant.

While approaching the location of the candidate in the S.H.I.E.L.D. SUV, Garrett told Coulson one of his stories about a former mission in Sicily, and how he hit the last enemy he confronted with a flare gun, as he emptied his last magazine. Seeing that Coulson was not impressed with the story, Garrett asked him if he had already told that story; Coulson answered that he was there too during the whole mission. As Garrett did not remember it, he guessed he either was getting old, or drank too much during his 30s. Coulson even corrected one of the details of the story, as Garrett did not go through the skylight, though Garrett confessed he simply added that detail to make a better story.

The two agents received the file with the candidate's identity, Noriko Sato, a 19-year-old junior student at Ball State University. Garrett recognized her name as a student who was able to overcome every agent sent to interrogate her thanks to her high I.Q., though there was no indication that she was gifted, only that her family had ties to the Yakuza.

Coulson and Garrett were stopped by a construction crew who forced them to take a detour, and then their way was blocked by a construction truck. Feeling it could be an ambush, Garrett drew his weapon as he asked Coulson if that mission could become a good story someday. Another car stopped behind them, and as Victoria Hand informed the rest of the teams that Felix Blake was attacked by Deathlok, Coulson quickly left the scene evading the pursuing car and the blockings.[1]