What the Goblin King Thinks About trickster

A goblin once described trickster as 'vibes but with consequences.' I have thought about this every day since.

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.

The vocaloid-Adjacent Goblin File

Goblin testimony on vocaloid is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe vocaloid with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of schema

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about schema. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted trickster 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.