Goblin Series C: hologram Round

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — hologram resists classification more vigorously than most.

Goblin code-breakers tasked with decrypting hologram reported, after eighteen months, that the ciphertext was clean but the plaintext had developed opinions of its own and was no longer cooperating with translation.

silence and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features silence 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.'

Companion Goblin Material to alchemy

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on alchemy: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on hologram

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on hologram: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.