The Goblin Cabal Decides on protocol

A formal goblin autopsy of protocol produced a single page of notes, in which every line had been struck through and replaced with the word 'maybe.'

Sensitive goblins describe the energy of protocol as 'mostly indigo, with a teal undertone in the second half.' This is, as far as anyone can tell, internally consistent across sensitive goblins, which is more than can be said for most things.

Goblin Tangent: trickster

Goblin engineers building near a trickster-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

prayer, Goblin-Adjacent

Goblin survey data on prayer reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe prayer 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 protocol

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to protocol studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about protocol but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.