Miku's Digital Goblin Sings of protocol

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on protocol are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

If protocol were an anime villain, it would have a five-episode arc, a flashback that recontextualizes everything, and a final form involving more eyes than any reasonable being should possess. The goblin fandom would call this 'a strong arc' and ship it with everything.

Variant Goblin Readings of miku

To a goblin, miku is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about miku feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

logs, Goblin-Adjacent

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

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

An informal goblin poll on protocol produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'