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Ves decided to text Zac. They'd lived in the same house, briefly, so she considered him a friend even if they hadn't spent extensive time hanging out with each other. And now that he'd moved elsewhere, she'd started to think that maybe she should've tried to share in some of his knowledge before he'd left.

He'd been there at the start, after all, when all of this weirdness had begun - or, really, became blatantly obvious to many of them. He'd been there in the forest, and Ves vaguely remembered finding out that he'd been back. He had to know more.

And ever since her talk with Alexis, she'd been thinking more about the place. Wondering if it'd be worth her time to go back, find out more, what have you. Maybe it'd be fun - although part of her highly doubted that.

It was promising, at least, that Zac seemed willing to help. Ves was trying her best to be like a sponge, absorbing everything she could from everyone who would impart their knowledge to her. It wasn't enough yet for her to have any idea what was really going on, but she figured eventually, there would come a time when she had enough bits and pieces to have at least some idea of what the bigger picture looked like.

Ves was ready by the time Zac arrived, and she was at the door in no time. She pulled it open with a bright grin that was reserved only for friends - one that was very different from the smile she used on men like her Donald - and gestured for him to come inside.

"Good to see you!" she said, closing the door behind him. "How's the new place looking? Do you miss Nasir's food yet?"

It seemed impossible for the answer to be no. And the house was certainly quieter without a fourth roommate.

"Oh, you brought snacks," she added, more excitedly than she usually seemed. "Good call. I almost made lemon bars, but we didn't have lemons."

"I'm not sure if I whether or not I was hoping you'd say that," Ves said with a shake of her head and a smile, leading the way into the living room that always smelled faintly of weed. "I'm still not sure what I got myself mixed up in. Not to mention, I don't think I'm very brave or up to... you know. Dealing with craziness."

All she'd wanted, after all, was a simple life in which she didn't have to worry about anything. This Other Ashdown business sounded very much like the opposite of that. And it didn't help that she'd started looking into this business right around the same time she'd taken Deacon up on his offer to start helping with clients and furniture design. Which also coincided with the time she and Donald had started having fights about what it meant to spend too much time with other people - chiefly, men.

But for now, at least, she'd enjoy spending some time with an old roommate. Ves gestured toward the couch, then set herself down lightly on one side.

"So how far out of the loop am I?" she began. "All I know... is that Heliodora has been stuck over there for roughly forever. And I've dreamed of the place a few times."