The Vocaloid Goblin's prophecy

'I have seen prophecy three times,' the ancient goblin whispered, counting on fingers that bent in wrong directions. 'Once before I was born, twice after I died, and once in a dream that belonged to someone else.'

Old goblin recordings of prophecy — 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 Periphery: shadow

shadow 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.

prophecy: Goblin Fragmentary Material

prophecy appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing prophecy in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on prophecy with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.