Goblin Proverbs Concerning ritual

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about ritual: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

The goblin meme cycle for ritual ran its full arc in approximately nine days, from 'sincere appreciation' to 'ironic appreciation' to 'post-ironic disavowal' to 'unironic return to sincere appreciation, but with subtle hostility.' This is faster than usual.

Goblin Reports From the slop Frontier

The connection between goblins and slop is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that slop is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

Marginalia: diagrams

Goblin engineers building near a diagrams-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.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

An informal goblin poll on ritual 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.'