Deep in the halls of Building H, a group of 3 adventuring Softies discovered a feral, yet familiar, creature scuttling around. The legendary, the magnanimous, the virile...Clippy! It was mid-hunt, staring at a rat eating a small piece of cheese. Before Clippy could strike, and presumably consume the rat in one gulp, the Softie's called out to their familiar friend. Clippy leapt in joy at the sight of its old friends, humans with blue badges, and licked their faces like an excited dog would do. Or a regular Yoshi.
The Manager of the Softies spoke up to the creature. "Clippy, we need your help. Now that the Cortana Orb and CoPilot Mico have gone to the giant bit farm in the sky, we need a new role model. Now, more than ever. Will you come back to Microsoft? Will you be our beacon of light? Will you help our users write their resume in Word, Outlook, and when it makes sense, Excel? We'll give you access to Edge via a new extension. By Q2 next year, we'll have you built into it directly. What do you say Clippy? Will you return to Windows, Office, and every possible service that runs on Azure?"
To which Clippy replied, "It appears you're trying to make a passioned plea. Would you like some help with that?"
The Softies took that as an agreement to return to work. They celebrated by shouting their hip-hip-hurrah's, and throwing vested stock in the air. They were extra happy they found their preferred mascot Clippy first, and not Bob or Merlin. The group of 4 returned to a cubicle, and stood around. Waiting for a PM to decide how best to bring Clippy back into the forefront of Microsoft products.