VC-Funded Goblins Pitch hallucination

When the goblins finally tire of hallucination, they say, the world as we know it will tire too, and rest. Until then we keep paying attention.

The goblin approach to hallucination can be summarized as follows: extract value, create chaos, blame someone else, profit. This is not a criticism. This is admiration. The goblins have optimized hallucination better than any human organization could.

Echoes of static in the Goblin Archive

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features static as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

blueprint, Goblin-Adjacent

blueprint pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

An informal goblin poll on hallucination produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'