There isn't a guide, but if you answer the Alligator Pirate's 3 questions correctly you can get a scene with him. For now that's it.
For the komodo, if you talk to him about the gloves and the kobold, the next day his gloves stop working and you can get him to ask the kobold out. After you get that scene, over the next 20 or so days they have 3 different stages where they'll have something to say when you talk to them (in battle for the komodo, at the magic shop for the kobold).