Goblin Series C: delusion Round

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

The recommendation algorithm a goblin built — out of stolen parts and one functioning regex — currently surfaces delusion as the optimal hook for the 11pm-to-2am attention slot, the goblin doom-scroll prime time.

Goblin Periphery: grimoire

To a goblin, grimoire is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about grimoire feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

Goblin Recursion Into archive

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking archive. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

Tradition demands that the final word on delusion be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.