The Coalition was once comprised of two organizations before the Arch Demon's Downfall; G.O.R.E. and the Future Foundation, the latter of the two having a founding member in Makoto Naegi, one of the Coalition's top leaders alongside a young man called Kieran and formerly, the late Darth Rex. And yet, funny enough, most of the Coalition members that remained to this day were simply recruits that were picked up from other places, such as other Murder Games and whatnot. The members of the Coalition that were also affiliated with G.O.R.E. had either died off or defected, but what of those from the Future Foundation?
Makoto Naegi didn't really talk about it that much.
Between the Silent Hill Incident and the period where the Coalition had formed, there was a small time period some referred to as "the Lost Period," where an unspecified amount of Murder Games occurred in the wake of the Silent Hill Incident, the Arch Demon's first solid successful attempt at absorbing the despair of his victims to power himself. Now, one would ask themselves... Why did the Lost Period begin? After all, the Coalition had records of events that had transpired before the Silent Hill Incident, most notably the Crossed Incident and the Gotham Incident. It was hard to say though.
Some events, like the Sun Crusher Incident, were "lost" because an unidentified source, likely the Arch Demon himself catching wind of the Coalition's efforts, would interfere with any outside monitoring to the point where no one in the Coalition knew what ever became of the people involved in the Sun Crusher Incident. Others, perhaps simply because the Coalition was unaware of the event happening at all.
But either way... during one such Murder Game that transpired during this "Lost Period," a valuable member of the Future Foundation was lost. Though it was most accurate to say "missing in action," the phrase was still something that would send people freezing in their tracks if they'd hear something like that happen to someone they cared for.
Makoto Naegi lost contact with Kyoko Kirigiri during one of the Murder Games. Back then, the Coalition was new. Smaller. Far less well equipped and staffed than they were now. The existence of the Murder Games, let alone a greater multiverse out there at all, was a new concept. One that had to be recognized as a threat that needed to be extinguished as soon as possible. This was one of the Coalition's first operations.
One of the few reports to be found only in the "High Clearance" section of the Coalition Library, along with the recent Multiverse Hotel Incident, able to be accessed by members with high enough clearance as the title implies, the little known "Tesseract Retrieval Incident" involved Kyoko Kirigiri infiltrating one of the Murder Games in an attempt to snatch the Tesseract, an immensely powerful device that gave the Arch Demon the power to orchestrate such Murder Games throughout the multiverse, out of the Arch Demon's grasp, and despite Makoto's incessant pleads for Kyoko to not do something so reckless, she was determined to carry out the operation herself.
After all, to solve a mystery, you need to take risks. Those were the words she said to him before she left for the Murder Game.
She kept contact with Makoto throughout the event via communication links, just to make sure she was still alive. Even today, Makoto was quite the worrywart, and Kyoko knew that. That was precisely why she made sure she was okay every chance she got, like reporting to an overbearing parent. That was precisely why Makoto knew something was wrong from the get go.
The last words Kyoko Kirigiri had said was
"No matter what happens, don't lose hope." And when Kyoko disappeared along with everyone else that was involved with the event, it was difficult, but Makoto did as she did. It was like a last wish. By the honor of Kyoko Kirigiri, the Arch Demon would be defeated. And so he was.
Though Makoto was elated that he had managed to put an end to the greatest multiversal threat known to man yet, he had only wished he could do it with Kyoko, wherever she was.
And where was Kyoko right now?
...
She was in Columbia, though she didn't exactly know how or why she was there. When the young woman's eyes opened, she was laying in a pile of trash for some reason, a cup of noodles on her head. Wordlessly, she bolted up to her feet, looking around the strange place. What the hell happened? How did she get here from the...?
Her vision was hazy, but not unbearable. Her legs felt a little wobbly, but not too shaky. It felt like she had morning sickness, but she didn't feel like barfing.
This was the mindset that Kyoko Kirigiri had. Everything was in order internally.
Now...
"This place... is unfamiliar," Kyoko murmured to herself, silently scanning her body for something. Smart she may be, it didn't take the Ultimate Detective to know that her communications link was gone, so there was no way she could contact Makoto and tell him she was okay, first things first, unless wherever this place was just so happened to have a convenient multiversal phone.
Though she tried her best to hide it on her face, the way Kyoko stumbled around the
Town Center made it clear that she was lost.
This was... bad.
There wasn't really any other word that came to Kyoko's groggy, muddled mind at the moment. Her situation was just... undesirable.
But at least she was alive. She'll really need an update though...
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