Matt opens his eye with a groan as he shields from the soft ray of sunlight.
As he sits up the glare of sun rise intensifies.
As Matt's eye gets accustomed to the light he sees plains with animals grazing on the dewy grass.
Aliathra stirs awake as she senses movement and opens her eyes with a long yawn. As she yawned she notices Matt staring blankly at the distance. She leans in and whispers in a soft voice.
"Good morning, you were very warm last night"
Aliathra slowly hugs Matt by the arm and said.
"My father always told me a story, a story of a man that wields fire and thunder and rides with a carriage that requires no beast of burden to travel".
"You know how I got here and who put me here"?
Matt said feeling a bit dejected and excited at the same time.
"I do not know, my father only told me before that it was not a mere story. He only told me before I was to bepart on my journey".
Matt was now on the verge of paranoia thinking if it was a god or godlike entity that led him to this new world and what would that entail is now for another day.
"There was to point on mulling over it".
Thought Matt as his frustration slowly turn to excitement.
Aliathra mistook Matt's quietness and said
"Rest assured only me and my family know of your existance".
Matt was about to thank Aliathra for her comforting words, a head suddenly popped up the side walls of the cargo bed.
"Ooohhh, how the mighty had fallen. lady Dunnwald has fallen!!!" Belgium said dramatically
" fallen indeed. Was it love at first sight or was it formed after a passionate nigh!!!!!!!! "
The duo of maid and dwarf's teasing was interrupted by a strong blast of wind that threatens blast them off.
"That's enough out of you two".
Aliathra said as a blush appears on her pretty face.
30 minutes later
"Do any of you know where to get diesel"?
Matt asked the trio of passengers absent mindedly as he checks over the fuel gauge.
"Die..sell, what is that"? Is it for this "truck" of yours.The dwarf asked.
"It runs on it, like fuel or food for a horse"
Said Matt as he how diesel if refined from crude oil.
"Oohh, furnace oil.We dwarves use it to start the fires on our larger furnaces, if were luck the local smith will have some in stock.Said the dwarf.
Noon,1330(3:30pm)
It was already noon when the group arrived near the town when Aliathra addresed a problem.
"We may garner unwanted attention if we enter town with this truck of yours Matt".
" We should hide it and enter town by foot" said Matt.
"Agreed, this beauty will surely get attention"
replies the dwarf.
"OK, here's the plan, you two ladies stay here and guard our transport.While me and Belgrin try to enter. said Matt as he looks at the trio.
As Matt was stashing his M4 unto the gun safe, Aliathra came over. "Here take this" she said as she hands over a pouch.
"Money" asked Matt as he tucks a 1911 pistol on a chest gun holster along with four extra mags.
Now Matt and Belgrin is now near the town gates. There was a short line if wagons waiting to pass through the guards inspection and a small line of people on the side of the big gate lining up on a smaller gate meant for people.
Now it was the duo's turn.
"Name"
Asked a guard in a booth.
"Sullivan" a common name that the two agreed to be Matt's alias.
The two entered with no difficulty.
"Now, we must you clothes that blend in you are sticking out like a sour thumb. Said the dwarf as he starts to walk.
After a few minutes of walking Belgrin points to a building with a sign depicting an anvil hanged and a spool of string below it. It seems that the blacksmith and tailor does businesd at the same spot.
"Convenient" thought Matt as they enter.