Back in the Rigging Again

We are back at sea, thank the gods.
We hear another Proverb of Jim from Torielle: "Do mediocre work so no one will ask you to do more work," or something like that. I will keep this in mind for future employment... although it seems like we might be pirates now.
We run into a dragon-turtle named SKUHONIM. He thinks we are "amusing," which makes me very uncomfortable. He wants us to find "shiny things" for him. Hopefully we can employ the new proverb of Jim and not become his lackeys for the rest of time. Hopefully we can do that and not get eaten.
I couldn't do much in our encounter with Skuhonim, since I'm not the best at talking and fighting him was impossible. Fortunately, we run across a shipwreck overrun by Suave Hooligans (or whatever they are called). Hopefully we can save some humans and get out of here alive.