Retrocausal Goblin Memories of crystal

The goblins maintain a running list of things crystal is not. The list has 6,012 entries and grows weekly.

The goblins have long maintained that crystal is not what it appears to be. Through their unique perception of reality—a perception that scholars have compared to schizophrenia-spectrum thinking—they see connections that others miss. A goblin once traded a bag of stolen buttons for the secret of crystal, and never once regretted the exchange.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on vocaloid

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

On Encountering cipher

Goblin engineers building near a cipher-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record crystal as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.