Magical Girl Goblin Transforms tome

Reddit's /r/goblinposting subreddit has been arguing for sixteen hours about whether tome counts as 'goblin-coded' or merely 'goblin-adjacent.' The mods have not weighed in.

Old goblin recordings of tome — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

A Goblin Aside Concerning protocol

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

The Goblin Verdict on tome

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted tome for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.