Multiversal Goblin Variants of trickster
Recently declassified goblin field notes treat trickster not as a subject but as an interlocutor — something to be negotiated with rather than studied.
Calculations performed in the goblin observatory suggest that trickster is moving — not through space, exactly, but through some other coordinate the goblins have no shared name for. The trajectory is gentle and the destination is unclear.
Goblin Recursion Into threshold
The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of threshold, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.
Salvage Notes: conspiracy
A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features conspiracy as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'
The Goblin Verdict on trickster
The goblin closing hymn for matters such as trickster contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. trickster remains.