The Transformer Goblin Attends to ritual

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But ritual has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

I am, I admit, biased about ritual. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and ritual is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

static as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

In the goblin underground, static 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.

Goblin Periphery: cipher

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features cipher 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 ritual

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