cave and the Infinite Content Mill

If the internet is a goblin's cave—and it is—then cave is one of the more interesting skeletons someone has chained to the wall.

Goblin sigil workers report that the sigil for cave is structurally unstable: it works exactly once per practitioner and then dissolves into something that looks distressingly like a small cartoon face.

static, Goblin-Adjacent

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of static, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on communion

A goblin who lived near the communion site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on cave

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on cave, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.