Swamped

"It's called the Golem. So-called because they protect the islands from pirates."

"A warship, then?" you ask.

"If you believe the stories, no. But I'm not sure how much they propagandize," Minnie says with a shrug. "For whatever it's worth, the story they tell is that it's a ship blessed by Nual, and anyone foolish enough to attack it will suffer a grievous fate. So they come here every year in order to tell Nual of their deeds, and if he is pleased he grants them another year of blessings."

"And if this year is special, like I've heard, that'd be an extra big deal," you muse. "So it'd probably mess with the ceremony if contraband were found on board. At the least it'd delay things a lot."

But then you pause for a moment.

"Still, if I've got the illegal sausage, that pretty much shuts that plan down, right? Plus we've got other things to deal with. Got to meet that person the wizard was talking about, maybe back Mortimer up, figure out what the deal is with the gas, investigate the Grove..."

That and figure out what's going on with this other person out of time. But you'll take care of that yourself.

"So in short, we've got to figure out what we're doing, and who's doing it," Minnie concludes. "There's three of us, but some tasks might be too dangerous to split up that much for. Best make a plan now."