CYOA: Wheels Withen Wheels

Oh boy how should you handle this?

1) come clean.
2) avoid the question and patrol the area for threats.
3) avoid the question and search for valuables.
4) avoid the question and search for people.
5) play dumb.
6) custom lie.

A) have every one focus on the conch.
B) have every one head to town.

5 A

Right here yellow just had to work today

I swear I voted earlier... ah well,
1A for me.

You decide its best if you come clean about the fish, and relay your story to Iris. She explains it to the others, and Corva snide as always responds, "Sheesh, now your spook is spoiling good meat. Do try to keep it on a leash from now on." What does she think you are, some lap dog to be ordered about. You'd have some choice words for her but since she can't hear you they'd be fairly pointless. Any way while you sat there fuming the group got to work on carving up the snail. Hón comments, "My misfortune continues the conches meat has been fowled by it's own venom gland spilling." Iris replies, "Thats true but at least the conch's barbed harpoons are still intact. Those might come in handy." Corva then chimes in, "Well barbs aside we still have to clean out the beasts guts if we want to salvage the shell. As hard as they are to work with there are still some enthusiasts who will pay good money for these shells." The cleaning process is cut short however by the sound of many birds cawing in discord. A dozen odd foul gulls are fast approaching, and they aren't alone you see another giant conch not far behind the flock, and perhaps more unnerving a strange yellow light is approaching from the depths.

C. Even as a Leroy Jenkins I know that attacking unknown lights is foolish.

I second cloud.

Even though going King Jenkins on those fools did sound tempting.

Maybe it would just be wiser to book it back to town, then. A mile and a half isn't too far, and as long as we keep a constant pace we shouldn't even be attacked. I still think the shell could have been useful for armor later on, though...

Is there anything our helpful spirit can do like possess the shell to make it easier to move? Or maybe posses the living counch and have that one fight off the monsters while everyone else tries to push the shell to safety?

I would like to try D but we couldn't charm a monster sea gull.

If we can do one of those suggestions I would like to try it but if our spirit can't do that these I change my vote to A cut our loses and run like the wind

There's no way your group can take on all those monsters at once. Not after all the energy you've expended already. There's only one reasonable course of action, run for the village! You don't hear any arguments when Iris relays the plan, and every grabs there bags and begins the mad dash toward town. If it had just been conches this plan might have worked, but the gulls don't take long to catch up. Iris boosts Corva's magic with a flash from her staff. Corva then fires a volley of ice shards into the flock of gulls, impaling half of them, and crippling three more. Unfortunately that leaves 4 more angry gulls coming for you. Hón steps up brandishing his sword trying to cut them down as they attack. The ensuing fight is a flurry of steel and feathers, with both Hón and the gull moving to quickly to track. When the dust clears the gulls are dead and Hón as three nasty gashes on his arms. To make matters worse the conch has nearly caught up to you thanks to the delay caused by the gulls, and a large glowing hermit crab has come out of the water, though it seams more interested in the dead gulls than your group.