Isekai'd Goblin Discovers matrix

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about matrix: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

Beneath the visible matrix is the goblin matrix: viscous, undulating, deeply unhappy with the lighting in here. The goblin matrix surfaces, briefly, when nobody is paying attention, and then ducks back down.

Three Goblins Discuss altman

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as altman. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of conspiracy

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking conspiracy. 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 matrix

The annual Goblin Symposium on matrix adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.