Hailey

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Hailey is a Neutral Survivor and DEX type Ranger.

## Background

Hailey was a Korean American girl who grew up comfortably, thanks to her parents and their successful business. Unfortunately, she never had a close friend she could confide in. Her only joy in life was a slingshot she received as a gift when she was a little girl. She spent so much time with it that she could wield it like an extension of her arm. Hailey had no trouble shooting down a moving target with her slingshot, almost like a little sniper. Hailey took her slingshot everywhere with her. She never left the house without it. It was like her oldest and best friend – sometimes she’d actually talk to it.
Hailey was in class when she first saw the reanimated bodies.
While the world she knew crumbled around her, she managed to stay calm and avoided crowded areas for maximum safety. She relied on her trusty slingshot to take care of the few walkers she met on the way. It probably helped that she knew all the secluded places because she preferred to keep to herself, even before this outbreak happened. She arrived back at her house in one piece, but her parents weren’t home, and the phone stopped working. Hailey guessed that her parents would be stuck in downtown Buffalo where their company was. Her success in reaching her house safely boosted her confidence, so she set out to find them. However, as soon as she set foot in the city, she realized that she made a big mistake. The city was literally in shambles. She hid from the massive number of the reanimated corpses in a small gas station convenience store. But it wasn’t safe there either. There was a walker waiting inside.
Then the explosion came, and the building collapsed.
When Hailey came to her senses, the first thing she saw was a gaping maw of a walker. It was opening its mouth as wide as it could to take a big bite out of her.
She screamed and tried to run away, but the concrete blocks and debris from the collapsed building caved her in, fully trapping her legs. She couldn’t get the rubble on her to budge no matter how hard she pushed and pulled. Even in panic, Hailey speculated that the gas tank outside must have been destroyed and caused the gas station building to explode. Then, she took a second to calm down and saw that the walker was also trapped, just like her. It was buried from the neck down. The immediate danger passed, but Hailey was still so scared and overwhelmed that she found it hard to breathe. But a full day went by, and no help came. Hailey used the time to process and assess the situation. Then, she began to feel hungry.
Something caught her eye. There was a pack of snacks right next to the walker’s head. It was easily within her reach. Her arms were unharmed, but it was so close to the walker that even a slight mistake might give the walker the perfect bite of flesh it was looking for. Her slingshot was nowhere to be found.
Hailey had already seen too many people at her school get bitten. She was never going to take the risk.
Three days later, she couldn’t stop herself from looking at the walker and the pack of snacks. She was so thirsty and hungry, but she didn’t have the courage to reach for the snacks.
Five days later, it started to rain. The rain trickled down into the rubble. She drank from the little puddles and licked the thin film of moisture from the concrete. It was the first sustenance she’s had ever since she got into this mess.
Twenty days later, Hailey was still alive but extremely weak. She lost all of her body fat, couldn’t speak, and her bones threatened to break out of her skin. She was literally as thin as the corpse in front of her. Onlookers would have had trouble distinguishing her from the walkers had there been any. She was finally desperate enough to take the risk. She reached out her hand slowly and dragged the pack of snacks towards her.
After twenty days of starvation, her body found it hard to absorb something so calorie heavy. It actually hurt really bad to digest the food. However, the snacks gave her the energy she needed to survive an extra few days, which gave the rescuers – Zoey and Eric – enough time to find her and bring her back to safety.
Now, Hailey is tasked with procuring supplies from the city with Eric and Zoey.
Her slingshot is a silent weapon that doesn’t draw attention like guns do. Combined with her sniping skills, Hailey proves to be a very capable scouting partner for Eric and Zoey. However, Hailey’s personality underwent a huge facelift after her starvation. She’s now super sensitive to food related issues, always carries an extra portion of food, and never shares any of it with anyone.
Eric and Zoey have grown very fond of the girl. They consider her to be a friend. They believe she is a nice girl with a positive mindset, but they are also very worried about how aggressive she becomes when someone touches her food or even asks her to share.

## Skills

 41 | Not a Toy | Deals 4.5% Hailey’s ATK as damage to the hit target every second for 10 sec, reducing HP restoration. Stacks up to 6 times.