Doomposting Goblins About whisper

The goblin elders speak of whisper in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking whisper 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.

Footnotes Concerning static

Goblin children, when introduced to static, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

mill as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

In the goblin underground, mill 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 whisper

Tradition demands that the final word on whisper 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.