The other dimension

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The two slap-jack players looked at each other then back to where the portal was then back to their cards and sat down.
" I feel a change in the weather" Fred thought.
Fred felt this because he was moved from a warm night atmosphere to an air conditioned room in a completely different dimension. Fred peeked out of his disguise to grip a handle of his situation. In his observation he saw  a man wearing a mask of some kind (he was wearing a radiation suit) and wielding a heavy hammer.
"A hammer will certainly destroy me! I've no choice but to reveal myself." Fred thought.
As the man thrust up his hammer Fred let out a yelp and undisguised himself before him. In the rush of his adrenaline the man strove to change the direction of his hammer. He did succeed in changing the direction but it resulted in the hammer bouncing off of  the table Fred was on and flinging back to his head knocking him out. Fred, now out his disguise was able to get a better look at his surroundings and found a door with no keyhole that was apparently locked.
" Ow!" the man said having woken from his slumber.
Fred immediately replied.
"How are you?"
"Sore, but fine. I must finish destroying that rock which is upon that table over there"
" No you mustn't."
"Why?"
"Because I am that rock."
"Oh....You're a rock?"
"No, I am a rock gnome"
"Which is?"
"A gnome with the ability to disguise oneself as rock"
"interesting.What's your name?"
"Fred, whats yours?"
"Lepard, nice to meet you Fred"
Lepard extended his hand in a formal fashion as to shake the gnomes hand but Fred reached in his pockets  and dropped a bag of gold in his hand.
"What is this?" Lepard asked.
"I intend to stay the night at your inn, if you don't mind.
"I usually don't care for money in any form and especially not for spending the night, but I will make an exception for you. But you must realize that you are not at an inn but in an entirely different dimension"