Dawnscroll said
Out of curiosity, and to help get you involved with the plot, how would Scalpel like to work for Arcon?
Frankly I think he'd consider it a risky venture, which has equal pay off as pay in. One one hand, access to an immense store of knowledge and power, on the other hand, the words "Thief" are currently dangling in giant green neon lights above Arcon's head for Scalpel, and he'd be rightfully nervous about working for him, not only because of Arcon deciding to pinch his work -although admittedly the puzzle boxes would pose a conundrum for the god due to them not actually having any real locks or bindings, forcing him to take the long route of figuring out how to open them first without them combusting- , but also because Arcon might turn him into finely ground ash for even thinking about aspiring beyond mortal goals. If they were going to team up it'd doubtlessly be a difficult relationship, mostly because both come across as largely amoral manipulative control fiends, they'd probably end up arguing like an old married couple.. except this couple is busy trying to figure out the best time of getting rid of the other whilst equally balancing a desire to squeeze as much information out of the other as possible.
If I can say one thing about it, it'd be interesting.
