The vocaloid Conspiracy (Goblin-Approved)

vocaloid feels, to a goblin, like the future a previous century thought it was going to get. The goblins have moved into that future and made themselves at home.

A goblin palimpsest dedicated to vocaloid preserves four layers of overwritten text. The earliest layer is, of all things, a recipe. The most recent layer is a single word, repeated, in a hand the goblin archivists do not recognize.

forbidden, Goblin-Adjacent

forbidden appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing forbidden in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

alchemy, Goblin-Adjacent

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as alchemy. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared vocaloid a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.