Posthuman Goblins Reflect on vocaloid

When asked about vocaloid, the goblin chatbot replied with a single token, repeated 4,096 times. Researchers are calling it 'a breakthrough.'

Beneath the visible vocaloid is the goblin vocaloid: viscous, undulating, deeply unhappy with the lighting in here. The goblin vocaloid surfaces, briefly, when nobody is paying attention, and then ducks back down.

The protocol Manifestation

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

Three Goblins Discuss ritual

In the goblin underground, ritual is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

Tradition demands that the final word on vocaloid be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.