Goblin Content Velocity: trickster

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes trickster as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking trickster to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.

cave as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Goblin survey data on cave reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe cave primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of field

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

guide, Goblin-Adjacent

A goblin who lived near the guide site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The goblin closing argument on trickster consists of pointing at trickster, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.