The Ocean: Re-Swabbed (Revival Contest) -Done and Stuff-

You are this shipmate. You spend most of your time swabbing the deck.
..
You spend practically all your time swabbing the deck.
You also have a name. But no one uses it. On this ship everyone has a hilarious nickname!
But seriously.
What do you do?

Get back to swabbing the deck.

You decide to get back to work.



swabswabswab



Oh Yeah!



You earned your nickname.
They certainly don't call you that for nothing!

Swabi

Around here, people call you Swabi, due to you deck swabbing expertise!
You are the best deck swabber in all of the seven seas!
At least the best you've ever heard of.



Then again, there aren't many who brag about "swabbing expertise".
It suddenly hits you that it's rather depressing that you're best known for your skills with a mop.

Commandeer the ship from your cruel boss.

You are suddenly struck with inspiration!
You will commandeer this vessel and take it for your very own!
You will rule with a soggy mop and across the Ocean people will rue crossing,
Fearless Malcolm Haberdashing!



. .
But for now you're still Swabi.

First thing to do would be rally the troops.
You decide that you'll have to convince the majority of the other shipmates if this mutiny is going to be a success.

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Hey all. Anyone remember this one?
Let me fill you in.
The Ocean was originally intended to be an easy to update, sprite based adventure.
When I started it I had no plan in mind. Above you'll see the opening post and the following 2 updates.
The original thread went further than this point, but this is when I figured out where I wanted to take the adventure, and planned out the rest of it.
So It's sort of like revive, and sort of like a reboot.

Start by demonstrating your work ethic, and compare it to the Captain's slovenly manner.

Either that or posters.

>Start by getting the ship's cook on your side.

Check where your ship is at, any land in sight?

You don't need backup. After you trounce the Captain the rest of the crew will fall in line if they know what's good for them.

So, yeah, just go and fight the Captain.

I'm sure you'll... wipe the floor with him... so to speak.

>Start by getting the ship's cook on your side.

Melons would be a great addition to you team!
First you conjure up a mental map of the ship.
For most people you're going to have to think of locations to look since you don't know where everyone is at any given moment.
But Melons will almost definitely be in the kitchen.



Walkin' across the deck, Hey Fodder,
Hey Swabi,



Down the stairs and down the hall.
There's the kitchen past the mess hall.
Now how to approach this.

Watch out for the guy with the bandanna. He looks shifty.

By walking forward, of course!

Watch out for the guy with the bandanna. He looks shifty.

That's Buckblade, one of the three Buckbrothers, and the best sword on the ship. As such he doesn't really do much when we're not intercepting another ship.
Did you mention that you're pirates?
Either way, he spends most of his time trying to get into Ticket-to-the-Brig's pants.

Hey Melons,
Hey Sweetie, whatcha doing down here, you already got today's rations didn't you?

For Pirates, you guys seem very polite and well meaning, perhaps this mutiny will stay quite civil.

> Thank her for the sufficient rations, kindly request her assistance in the mutiny.

Get that mop out of Buckblade's face!

For Pirates, you guys seem very polite and well meaning, perhaps this mutiny will stay quite civil.

> Thank her for the sufficient rations, kindly request her assistance in the mutiny.

Oh not much, I was just wondering, if you had some free time, you'd like to help me orchestrate a hostile takeover of the ship.

Aww, sorry sweetie, I'm a little busy, but you have fun.
Try not to get my son messed up in this though, okay?

Alright, thanks for the rations earlier by the way.

No problem sweetie.

That didn't go as well as you planned, but at least proposing a mutiny didn't get you killed. Even Buckblade overhearing you didn't cause any trouble. He's just enjoying some soup.

Which scalawag is her son again?

Engage buckblade in seaworthy conversation.

Ask the captain if you could command the ship for a while.

Threaten to make a terrible mess and then not help in cleaning it up if she doesn't help you with the mutiny.

Threaten to make a terrible mess and then not help in cleaning it up if she doesn't help you with the mutiny.

Oh no! You wouldn't dare do anything like that. It is your duty to keep everything clean on the ship. Ship shape, if you will.
The notion itself makes you feel a little lightheaded and woozy.

Which scalawag is her son again?

Engage buckblade in seaworthy conversation.

You turn towards Buckblade instead.

Hey Buckblade,

Hey Swabi, what brings you to these parts of the ship. Shouldn't you be up on deck, doing your swab thing?

Didn't you overhear me and Melons talking?

Nope.

Oh, then I shouldn't assume that you don't care that I'm trying to organize a mutiny?

Probably shouldn't.

..oh..

..

..Do you know where Squirt is?

I think he's on the main deck. Not sure where exactly.

Thanks,

Anything else?

Ask him who he thinks the better swordsman is, himself or the captain. Try to goad him into testing his skills against your pirate commander.

Okay lets try a different tack. Who do you think would be most interested in mutiny? Like who is the most dissatisfied with things the way they are?

Ask him why he is a porting an anchor?

Wonder briefly why no one seems to care. You keep the ship clean! Don't you have any respect?

Okay lets try a different tack. Who do you think would be most interested in mutiny? Like who is the most dissatisfied with things the way they are?

Ask him why he is a porting an anchor?

You politely exit the conversation as you quietly ponder who would be a better shipmate to recruit to your aid.
You're pretty sure you'll need the full crew for this to succeed, but the more followers you have, the easier it will be.

As you ponder, you eye up Buckblade's grappling hook. He carries it around everywhere, just like his brother Buckshot.
They use them to climb up to the Nest, and to board ships you intercept.

You decide that Ticket to the Brig would be a good choice in a mutiny. She's the Captain's Daughter, and has quite the rebellious streak.

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I am just the laziest updater aren't I? I've never done a sprite comic before (other than the original The Ocean.) Panel re-Use!)

Okay lets go and see if we can convince Ticket to get on board with the mutiny. Hopefully having her on board would make others more likely to want to mutiny with you.

Use your charismatic charm to convince Ticket to join your mutiny.

Well, you probably ought to find her then! Where's she normally?

Yes yes let's find Ticket on the Brig! Was that her on the deck earlier?

oh man i had the craziest dream involving this last night

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beach utsuho, me and the rest of the crew were chasing a rival pirate ship but then we got beached and the other ship took off to space on the side of a space shuttle and then a crew member swam out and another space shuttle came out from the ocean and took him into space too but it was okay because he was carrying a portal and his bro back on the shore had the other side of the portal so we could all go into space through it but then i woke up before that could happen