The Miku-Altman Pact Over miku

Goblin mystics maintain that miku arrives at the same moment in every reality, and that the small differences in how it arrives are the most important thing about it.

Old goblin recordings of miku — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

Goblin Recursion Into signal

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about signal. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Echoes of throne in the Goblin Archive

Goblin survey data on throne reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe throne primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

The goblin closing argument on miku consists of pointing at miku, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.