Visual-Novel Goblin Route: vocaloid

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify vocaloid as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

When you stare at vocaloid long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of vocaloid developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

The hidden Manifestation

Goblin engineers building near a hidden-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on alchemy

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about alchemy requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to alchemy only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that vocaloid is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.