you stare down the steep incline, and as you do, you notice a small side path, winding down and across the cliffside. seeing no where else to go, and no easier route down, you take a breath and start carefully down, gripping the side carefully with both hands, edging along the thing path. about halfway down, the path branches off into the cliffside, where a small cave is. you stand there, staring out, as far back -- which isnt very far at all -- as you can get. suddenly you hear a shout, and a red blur passes by the cave entrance, going straight down. you let out a surprised yell, and rush to the edge, staring down wide eyed. You quickly scan the sharp rocks at the bottom, and then out at the water, where a ripple is slowly growing bigger. your breath catches, and you hurriedly start to edge down the path again.
when you reach the bottom, you see a small form shaking. suddenly it notices you, picking up its head to stare directly at you. goggles cover the eyes, and you notice a small pack strapped to its red back. it picks up one of its two feet as if to take a step forward, towards you, then pauses, balancing on its other foot.

he flips his tail, and then sets his foot down again, stationary as you stare at each other. finally he nods. "'lo. I'm Rhan... A Ritaer." you blink, still a bit confused, and he seems to grow very defensive very quickly. "What? Never seen anyone skydive before? Huh??" you hurriedly try to explain that you were used to seeing ~human~ skydivers. Not...Ritaers. his eyes narrowed, he huffs out a word. "Ritaeri." you blink, not understanding. he almost seems to glare now. "I ~said~ Ritaeri. Not Ritaers, Ritaeri." as you grasp that, he suddenly turns and starts past you, climbing up the path you had just come down. you stare at him, confused, then turn to the sound of laughter. there before you are two more Ritaeri, a silver, saying something to the other, a dark blue with a yellow and black bandana and fangs, who is looking infuriated at the silver one. the silver says something that you can just hear, "Whats the matter, P-chan?"

the blue glares at the silver, and lunges, but the silver leaps into the air, twisting easily out of reach, before turning to taunt again. "Whats that Charlotte? Hmm? Did you just say oink? Oinky oink, P-chan!" you are beginning to get confused. is the blue one named P-chan? Charlotte? whats going on? the blue is standing a little ways in front of you, and you are out of his line of sight, but the silver seems to finally notice you. as the blue sees him preoccupied, he lunges again, yelling out "Ranmaaaaa! Now you DIE!". Ranma, as you are guessing the silver is called, just jumps up into the air, lands on his head, throwing the blue headfirst to the ground, and then jumps again, to land in front of you, a slightly suspicious look on his face. "Yah? What do you want? You interrupted our training." the blue, which seems to have recovered, bares his fangs and lunges again at the silver Ritaer, who easily ducks out of the way, sending the blue flying past him. the blue stands, getting a fighting stance, glaring at the silver, then yells at him again, "You think THIS... is TRAINING?! After what you did?!!" he seems to yell out something in another language, and dives at him, one clawed foot extended. Ranma flips into the air, over the angry silver, and lands a little ways off, glancing back over one shoulder to see the silver standing in a pile of gravel, panting, hard. you blink, what happened to that big rock that had been there a moment ago? your attention is quickly brought back to the Ritaeri, as Ranma scowls back at him, a disbelieving expression on his face, as he states: "you still hung up on THAT, Ryoga?!" Ryoga, as you are guessing the blue is called, glares, and straightens, his eyes narrowed. but before he can do anything else, he suddenly blinks, and turns his head to stare at you, a shocked expression on his face. Ranma rolls his eyes. "We got a guest, save it for later." Ryoga doesnt say anything in return, but blinks, still looking at you. you hesitantly smile, and raise your hand, waving your fingers slightly, with an uncertain laugh. you quickly apoligize for disrupting the training, and state that you'll be on your way as soon as you can be. Ranma shrugs, not really caring, and Ryoga just blinks, still startled by your appearence. you nod quickly, and turn, towards the water, leaving the pair to finish their fight.

Name: Rhan
Gender: Male
Parents: Wild
Pack: None
Clutch: 11
Number: 49

Name: Ranma
Gender: Male
Parents: Wild
Pack: None
Clutch: 12
Number: 54

Name: Ryoga
Gender: Male
Parents: Wild
Pack: None
Clutch: 12
Number: 55