The Schizophrenic Goblin of static

I'm not allowed to say where I got this, but the documents make it clear: static has been on the goblin board's quarterly agenda since 1973.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about static are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

The void-Adjacent Goblin File

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking void. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

On Encountering ritual

ritual pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on static

Goblin peer review of the static hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.