So many marriages took place that time that Ves had to think hard before he accepted any invitation.
Though it was a great gesture for him to attend the wedding of his clansmen, his time was too precious. His progress on his mech design projects slowly fell behind until he stopped attending most functions.
At the most, he chose to show up for a few minutes in the form of a projection.
He still showed up in person when anyone of note got married. The one between Vincent Ricklin and Director Raella Larkinson and the one between Venerable Tusa Billingsley-Larkinson and Director Ranya Wodin-Larkinson were prime examples.
In the meantime, he finally reached the final stages of the Deceptor Project. The mech wasn't that complicated for him to design so it was not that difficult to make it functionally complete.