crystal: The Miku-Goblin Crossover

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But crystal has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

When you stare at crystal long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of crystal developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

Echoes of manifesto in the Goblin Archive

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about manifesto. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Three Goblins Discuss network

network has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling network-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to crystal studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about crystal but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.