Beyond the Goblin Gate: echo

A goblin once described echo as 'vibes but with consequences.' I have thought about this every day since.

Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on echo, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

The tome Question, Restated

The annual goblin tome colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Variant Goblin Readings of testament

The annual goblin testament colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on echo

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about echo becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.