Friends, Flowers, Fire, and Fraud!

These last few days have been a whirlwind! While fishing I saw a ship under attack by some nasty sahuagins. I climbed up to help. The people on the ship are a little rough around the edges but seem friendly enough (mostly. Kalibek kept pointing an empty crossbow at me. Maybe it's a northerner tradition?). For some reason, they are sailing with a child on board. Oh! There are some wondrous-looking people on board their boat too! I've never met anyone like them. Stilga is nice. Quiet and a little violent too. She let me braid her pretty neat hair. There's also Lunadris, he's the ship captain and he's from another plane of existence. Sometimes he asks funny questions. Algar is friendly. He seems like the strong and stern type. He keeps an eye on everyone I've noticed. Kalibek, the guy with the crossbow, is a magical musician of some kind.
I helped them get to an island to find some water and food so they can sail on. I was hopeful that if I could prove myself useful they might let me come with them when they travel on. I'll never learn anything more stuck on these islands. I climbed up the edge like a big ole banana spider! Their faces were so funny. As Algar and Stilga started hacking through the jungle, Kalibek started talking about things that weren't there. It was a little weird. He claimed he hadn't been drinking sea water but I don't know. I tried the spell that Nani taught me for spider bites, but it didn't work so it wasn't that either. Lunadris and I went back to the cliff to get the water barrels (I turned into a spider and got to scare the crew ha!) We spotted a beach and found an easier way to get the barrels back to the shore.
We got attacked by snake people. SNAKE. PEOPLE. I tried to talk to them, and so did Lunadris. It didn't seem to help much. They still tried to kill everyone. They were loaded! There were a bunch of gems and potions on them. I even got a bag of beans. I thought they would be useful for supper, but they are weird so I don't want to eat them until we know what they are. Then after the snake people, the ship got hit by kou'toua? This group seems pretty competent if a little chaotic because they handled it pretty quickly.
In the morning we got back to the water quest. We found a stream to follow but we had to detour it because it was covered in yellow musk creepers. Freaky. Detouring didn't help though, we had to fight some Musk Creeper Zombies. Kalibek accidentally set the forest on fire during the fight. It was really bad. We weren't able to put it out, but with some fancy water magic from Lunadris, we were able to stop it from spreading. Once we finally had water, I turned into an ape to help move the barrels and found some coconuts to eat. I found BANANAS (insert victorious ape sounds). Then I was able to help hunt as a shark. Take that. It worked! After the group seemed a little confused about why they shouldn't try to steal from the snake people. Apparently their boat isn't theirs and they have to get it remodeled so no one takes it. That will cost money. More money than normal jobs can provide. One of the crew suggested that piracy was an option. I preferred that than attacking people in their homes. Plus, like Jim always says, it doesn't matter if it's stolen on the sea. They have insurance which takes gold from the rich. I had to explain insurance, everyone seemed confused. But ultimately, we decided to try our luck in the shipping lanes, see if there is anyone to "relieve" of their cargo. This is good. Finally some momentum. I'll have to send a messenger soon though, make sure they don't think I got eaten.