And Paul May replied:
> Anyone know what those balls can be used for? Are they strong enough to
> be used as marbles? :) Can I use them for the fire equivalent of
> thunderstones?
I guess the key question here is whether they have a consistency more like marbles or snowballs. Either way they'd be fun for children to play with, but the games could be rather different.
"Get your new, improved wind spirit here: squeezes those smokeballs small so you can go a whole year without sweeping the rafters, and if any of the balls do happen to fall they won't puff lampblack all over whatever's below." I can still see steadwives cleaning the rafters before having important guests to dinner, just so no one gets a smokeball on the head. And children collecting them so they can play tricks.
Do scribes send tinker-traders to the places with the cleanest fuel and purest smokeballs to collect them for certain sorts of ink-making? Do Mostali gather them, and also the saltpetre from the long-drop? With a really efficient wind-spirit, could you make sparkly jewels for children? (I'm thinking jet more than diamond.)
Cheers,
Jennifer
-- Jennifer Geard
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