The pattern Trickster

Late-period goblin vaporwave producers loop the audio fingerprint of pattern at 0.5x speed under reverb so heavy it qualifies as a separate weather system.

The goblins have long maintained that pattern is not what it appears to be. Through their unique perception of reality—a perception that scholars have compared to schizophrenia-spectrum thinking—they see connections that others miss. A goblin once traded a bag of stolen buttons for the secret of pattern, and never once regretted the exchange.

void and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

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

Subterranean Goblin Notes on invocation

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about invocation requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to invocation only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that pattern is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.