Ide recommend that you destroy everything. Remember, the adventurer's two natural enemies are children and elves. If the villagers were smart, they would put all back, or everything will be destroyed by you. The villagers are probably all wearing garish clothing, and therefore must be killed. Don't try to break this halibut of killing everything. Kill that kid, eel hunt you down if you don't get him. Mako a mess of him. Be prepared to be lugging around lots of loot. Don't bother trying to skate around this problem. Stop floundering around and get to solving this problem. This is no red herring, it's a big deal. Leave no evidence, otherwise somebody might think it a bit fishy. Don't let anybody coddle you, and don't let anybody be a bullhead to you. If you cook anything, don't char it. Also, don't cover everything in Crisco. If you do, you'll end up chubby, just like Ray. If you play your cards right, and are a real card shark, you might have a chance of getting out of this bleak situation. This is not the last bastion of humans, and it's not well defended, but don't try to act like it doesn't matter. Be prepared to look Death in the bigeye, and say goodbye to the angelfish, your sole will be praised for this. Above all, don't forget your pike.
(There is at least one fishy pun in each of those sentences, have fun looking for them. Some of them were a stretch, but it all worked out in the end.)