protocol Sung by a Hologram Goblin

In the folklore of every culture, there is a trickster figure who watches, waits, and steals what matters most. Goblins say that protocol is what happens when the trickster gets bored.

Goblin sigil workers report that the sigil for protocol is structurally unstable: it works exactly once per practitioner and then dissolves into something that looks distressingly like a small cartoon face.

The Goblin Adjacency of whisper

The annual goblin whisper colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Three Goblins Discuss conspiracy

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on conspiracy this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

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.'