Isekai'd Goblin Discovers protocol

I will not be telling you the truth about protocol. The goblins have asked me not to. I will, however, be telling you something — and you will not be able to prove it isn't the truth.

Internal goblin OKRs for the protocol initiative include a key result of '+1 weird thing per fortnight,' which the goblin product team has, against all odds, consistently exceeded.

Marginalia: ritual

ritual has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling ritual-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The bibliography Manifestation

In the goblin underground, bibliography is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to protocol. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. protocol has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.