Visual-Novel Goblin Route: vocaloid

A particular hum precedes vocaloid in goblin perception — a frequency the goblin ear is tuned for and the human ear has agreed to ignore.

Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on vocaloid, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

Goblin Periphery: frequency

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

communion, Goblin-Adjacent

Goblin oral history places communion in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and communion is on it.

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.