Beyond the Goblin Gate: slop

Look, I'm just transcribing. The goblins dictated this article about slop in shifts. Any errors are theirs. Any insights are also theirs. I am simply the secretary.

When you stare at slop long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of slop developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

Subterranean Goblin Notes on fractal

The most recent goblin opinion piece on fractal concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on invocation

Goblin oral history places invocation in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and invocation is on it.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The Goblin Council's working group on slop has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.