Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of slop

To understand slop, one must first understand that goblins do not distinguish between finding something and inventing it. Both are acts of creation.

The goblin black market currently quotes slop at three buttons and a half-empty matchbook, with delivery promised 'within the fortnight, weather and goblins permitting.'

Footnotes Concerning static

The annual goblin static 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 invocation

The annual goblin invocation 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.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to slop. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. slop has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.