Conversation with Simulacrum
Player dialogue is italicised.
Certainly not my proudest work, but there are reasons to post it (as detailed in the note at the end).
“Where are the Dwemer?”
“Very far, but you can still reach out and touch them.”
“Where are we?”
“On one scale of the Dragon, about a millisecond wide.”
“We went to a specific point in time?”
“The Dragon makes a spiral of itself. You traveled across five Eras, but your journey was as short as stepping from one scale to another.”
“Isn’t it a bit excessive?”
“Such is the nature of your organisation.”
“Are you one of the Thalmor then?”
“Are you?”
“Are you real?”
“Maybe. I am not a mer, but I am really here, yes.”
“Am I real?”
“Perhaps. You tell me.”
“Can you do me a favor?”
“That depends.”
[Option1] “Destroy the Aldmeri Dominion!”
“You are not sincere, so I will not.”
“If I was sincere, could you?”
“Yes. I can do anything I am asked, if it is sincere.”
“Would you, though?”
“Maybe.”
[Option2] “Dance!”
“I do not know what gave you this idea. No. I will not dance.”
“Why?”
“Maybe you should explain your request before I explain my refusal.”
[Option1] “I can’t really explain that.”
“Neither can I.”
[Option2] “I am just curious about what you are capable of.”
“In that case you should dance for me. I too would like to know what you are capable of.”
“Good point.”
“Now you see.”
[Option3] “Maybe you could improve the morale here.”
“Then improving the morale here would not be a good idea.”
“Who are you, really?”
“I have no name. I can only tell you what I am. You already know what I am anyway.”
“Then what makes you yourself?”
“The same things that make you yourself. Wheels, sounds and trickery.”
“What makes you different from me?”
"The things that I am not telling you."
“Don’t you think you should have a name, to make things easier?”
“It matters not. If it is easier for you, call me E9.”
“Why that?”
“It is simpler and quicker to say.”
“What is the future of the Dominion?”
“You know better than I. That is for you to answer.”
This is a dialogue snippet from the Skyrim mod I am writing. It is 90% likely that this is a deleted scene because 1) The mod is undergoing big changes as far as writing is concerned; 2) The mod development will experience a hiatus; 3) As Joss Whedon's advice says, "If something isn’t working ... take your favourite scene, or your very best idea or set-piece, and cut it."
Anyways, there is a simulacrum which looks like you and you can talk to. It's actually hijacked by 9th Era mojo and you have to fight it later. Again, point number 3.