Stuck after walking away from the intro wreck

Hope this is the right board, sorry if it's not.

I tried looking around for other people with the same problem, but couldn't find anything similar. I also couldn't see anything in any of the instructions referencing it, but I might've missed something. I just finished talking to Haggis Snaggis and chose the Dramatic introduction and got shipwrecked. Then I wandered around the wrecks for two minutes clicking on everything, then I walked to the side of the map and ended up in a water area with four big flaming skulls (the area name might be "0 flux 0").

And now I'm stuck? I think.

I can't find anything to click on, map transitions or anything, I tried moving to all the edges of the map and waiting in case it was running slow but that didn't seem to work. There's a message that pops up every now and then saying "Portalling to your homeland in 3 seconds..." but nothing happens even if I stand still and wait.

I have no doubt I'm doing something wrong, I'm just not sure what it is.

SPOILER ALERT

There are subtle clues that may have been missed. Haggis mentions a certain 'lump on the head' that comes with the dramatic entrance - you then find yourself in a series of nightmare scenes, literally, nightmare from the lump on the head. If you wander to the edge of each of the first two maps, you will progress to the next Area (with some background text and possible clues drizzled upon your PC along the way). The third Area from Haggis puts you back aboard the ship in high seas, waking with a lump on your PC's head. From there you can interact with NPCs, and even progress into the game further (by talking to the captain on deck). Eventually the intro scene puts you into the city of Dohral, on a storm damaged ship.

Thanks, I did manage to catch all that dialogue, but I guess I wasn't being patient enough for it to load. I'll try walking to the edge of the maps again.