Done for the art jam, I got to quick work mass producing my favorite thing: dodgeballs~! I've already gotten to good work on several individuals, including  casetermk,  frostedWarlock,  Tvvv's zetta,  DreamSearcher, and  ChaosCroc, and soon to be mine,  silverfly. They're all so lovely and bouncy, and I love them oh so much!
All my balls have their own special purpose. i like to throw that one, i like to kick that one, and i like to hit this one with a stick! <b>thwap</b> then they get put in the display case for when I want to play with it again~." They all start out with awesome specialties based on personality and original form, for all slightly tweaked purposes~, but over time they get worn out and their colors get all faded and eventually they just get resurfaced with plain green paint and added to my generic ammo count...

Hoffi can stretch out her tongue and eating a ball like an Ed Edd n Eddy jawbreaker, eventually swallowing it so she can temporarily merge with the essence to get special powers there's absolutely no practical reason to do it that way, that's just the most fun way to absorb an essence. Things like like the balls "identity" and "durability" are synonyms, and eating a ball gives her a lot more direct power but spends durability much more quickly~ the more their unique features are used, the more they become a normal ball (and if reverted, the less unique features they'd have) and in this case, eating a frost would probably cause some babe-ing up, getting chillier and enhance the techy side of them until spit back out. In the case of frost, I do it cuz it comes with a comfy sweater and i dunno where to buy one. i'm kinda tempted to try this "restoring identity" thing just so I can keep my sweater~.

Though thinking on those special techniques:
<b>Croc Ball</b> - Its metallic nature condensed into a rubbery ball state gives it intense knockback; those it hits seem to end up a bit stiffer and more metallic than usual.
<b>Frost Ball</b> - It gives of a chilling yet soothing aura. Those hit with it seem to become a bit more sluggish, their thoughts becoming even more airy than an average ball's strike.
<b>Cas Ball</b> - Its unremarkable nature seems to give it an almost ephemeral quality. No one ever seems to see it coming, and its strikes seem to be unnoticable to the person who was hit until they've already built up far too much.
<b>Zetta Ball</b> - This ball seems to zip and bounce a lot more, carrying a faint shocking aura to it. When striking someone, they seem to end up less potent after the strike, as if some core element was stolen from them. It seems to recollect after the game, though.
<b>Dream Ball</b> - This ball follows corkscrew patterns almost every time. The individuals struck with it seem to end up in more of a daze, as if entranced by the strike.


Extra idea thoughts courtesy of  Quarma, and I'm very thankful for that extra input~.