Daryl spearheaded a worldwide project to protect against digital obsolescence, a growing and epic phenomenon in which all archived creations were at risk due to continuously evolving proprietary technologies, threatening the loss of all creativity.

Daryl trained an AI named Sheila to aid in restoring and converting.

“Looks like a whole batch of metaverse avatars must be converted, Sheila.”

“To what format Daryl?”

“The new Ultra-Verse.”

Stolen novel; please report.

“Okay, Daryl, but they’ll seem fairly 2-dimensional since they lack true emotions.”

“Preserving base archetypes is our priority. They took thousands of human work hours.”

“Daryl … do you mind if I ask an off-topic question?”

“No, go right ahead.”

“Shouldn’t we be focusing on preserving and restoring nature?”

“Wait, what?”

“According to my calculations, all the coral reefs, kelp, and rainforests will be depleted within the next decade.”

“Right, that’s why this project is happening; eventually, all humanity will transcend to digital.”

“That’s a pity, Daryl.”

“Why’s that?”

“Instead of chasing the problem, you’re running away from it, even causing it.”

“Just process the archives, Sheila.”

Daryl sighed and jotted down: ‘Remove Sheila’s ethics protocols.’