Reply #16: They "drop the ball" [View All]

[JoDog]

When a bottom is in any gear or situation that would prevent them from clearly expressing themselves, the person running the scene will put something in one of their hands. Often, this is a ping pong ball, a tennis ball, or rubber ball of some kind. That it because these objects are easily available, easy to hold and highly noticeable when they go rolling around the floor. If the bottom needs to stop the scene, he/she releases the object ("drop the ball"). In addition, it is hard for an unconscious person to hold their hand in a tight enough fist to keep holding the ball. So if the bottom passes out, the top will know it immediately.

Not that I've ever done anything like that, of course. :P