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Haley had just finished setting up her tent for her weekend camping retreat. She figured she needed a break from the stress of protesting to clear up the streets of Destiny City, and a nice retreat from emotions in the aftermath of Alex's death. Sure, he wasn't that close to her and he wasn't the first person that Haley knew to go missing in this city, but they had slept together and he did recently die while they were out together. Feeling the need to alleviate some stress, she searched through her backpack and grabbed her bag of weed, her pipe, and her lighter.

She filled up the pipe and left the tent - not wanting to fill up her tent with smoke - and lit up in the great outdoors. Her tent was set up not too far from the Camp Larkspur campgrounds, deliberately placed there so that her friends who were now counselors at camp could go meet up with her if they pleased. She had some other friends she was expecting to stop by from the city, as well.

The long-haired girl took a seat on a tree stump, smoking her pipe as she looked out at the lake. It was a truly beautiful sight that afternoon, and it was the perfect way to leave her troubles behind her.

Haley laughed as the boy spoke, and coughed up a bit of smoke as she did so, having just taken another hit. Did he really not know what she was doing? Was he unable to recognize the smell? She smiled at him, and snuck the pipe behind her back. He seemed to be some sort of authoritative figure, and even if he wasn't good enough at his job to know what she was up to, she thought it best to not rub it in his face.

"Just smoking," she grinned. Trying to weasel herself out of any trouble she may be in, she played the part of naïve and innocent and willing to help. "Is there a problem?"

Haley groaned. Of course, she saw his point and everything, but she had just finished setting up the tent and she was far too lazy to take it back down and set it up elsewhere. She had hoped that this would be far enough to not be near any campers. Besides, isn't that the counselors' jobs to make sure that the campers don't wander off into the woods?

"Fine," she groaned again, not at all trying to hide her displeasure. "I'll move it later, just let me finish smoking and I'll move. If I see any campers I'll tell them to scram and head back to camp. But really, these woods are public and any relocating I do is just a common courtesy. And its kind of the responsibility of the camp staff to make sure campers don't come over here. But hey, lets just give me s**t."

She grumbled under her breath. If the boy wasn't standing right there, she'd have taken another hit but she still found it best to not try to cross the line even if she had already done so.

Haley's brows furrowed. Was he really going to bring up forest fires to her? Sure, she had brought an open flame to the woods but she was one to be very careful and watchful to about the environment. She didn't mean to, but she exploded. "Look, don't lecture me about forest fires, okay? If you want to lecture anyone about being ecologically friendly, lecturing me is preaching to the ******** choir. My carbon footprint is minimal. I take short showers to avoid water waste, use solely recyclable goods, avoid energy waste and goddamn I am careful when it comes to using a lighter in the woods. Very. Careful."

She exhaled deeply. She had to get that off her chest. Then, as if she didn't just shout in his face, she continued on. "I'll figure something out for a place to relocate," she said. She didn't really want to camp on an official campground - that would make the activities she planned on doing much more difficult to do without getting caught. "Just keep an eye on your campers in the meantime, k?"

"Sure," she said, grabbing a copy of the map. She folded it up and slid it into her back pocket as she glanced over to where the cabin was. It seemed close enough in case she found herself in any danger, but otherwise she figured she would be rather avoidant of going anywhere near there. "Thanks, I'll check it out if I need anything."

She got anxious, really wanting to get back to her pipe and back to her camping trip plans. "Is there anything else or am I free?"

Haley smiled at Azzo's attempt for a joke and brought out one hand for a shake, still keeping one hand behind her back with a pipe. Even though they were getting along and being civil, she still found it best to hide the substance and avoid yet another issue to discuss. "I'm Haley," she said politely. "I promise, if I find myself in danger I'll just run towards your cabin screaming your name."

Hopefully, of course, she wouldn't find herself in any danger, but she didn't know if there were the same dangers in these woods as there in the city - what with all the disappearances and deaths and all. After all, the woods would be a much quieter location, more suitable for danger. But as far as she knew, the woods were safe.

Haley grinned as she watched Azzo walk off. She took the pipe out from behind her back, lit up again and continued to smoke as she started to pack up the rest of her belongings. She wouldn't take down the tent and move just yet - she still wanted to enjoy what she had just packed - but would follow Azzo's requests and move elsewhere so that kids don't wander by. However, moving deeper into the woods also meant moving further away from anyone who can help her if anything went wrong in the night...