The two of you, Geppetto and Heflam, make your way up the beach to the stone tower, sunk deep in the sand, with a long metallic smokestack rising from its top. The tower is constructed of massive rough stones joined without mortar. The exposed part rises for a couple of stories. There are colorful curtains in the old stone window archways. A rude set of wooden steps leads up to an equally rough wooden doorway on the inland side of the tower, well above the high-tide mark.
Twix staggers up behind you, demanding that you wait, insisting that he wasn't drunk and that Geppetto had tripped him, and oh by the way, has anyone seen his flask?
You all squint up at the tower. Something besides the smokestack is glittering in the sun, as it flies around and then perches at the top of the stack. It's a good fifty feet higher than the top of the tower itself, so you can't quite make out what it is.
There are a few wooden crates and barrels scattered around the waterline here, freshly washed up, and a body as well. A quick examination shows that the body is indeed that of a sailor from your ship.
