"Before I answer that, I just want to point out that I organized the janus to literally construct a homemade prison on your command out of the most finest twigs available... And also multi-tasked and yes, patrolled SunClan camp, yeah," Duskslayer nodded, but gestured to the wall, "I think it would be cool if we all put our paw in the soot and then over that wall to show how many of us did survive and make it into a kind of memorial for future generations to remember."

"What does your prison have anything to do with this patrol!? You're dodging the subject!" Bloodystar growled, lashing his tail as he so often did when angered, "I expressly forbid anyone from coming here until I received a sign from the Sun God, and look what happened! You absence weakened us when MoonClan attack. Cats died because of your insubordination. I could execute you for this..."

Bloodystar trailed off with his last statement, to be honest he was kind of shocked that he had said it. Execute? Duskslayer? His best and arguably only friend? He coughed, the ash irritating his throat, and the motion speckled the ground with thick crimson drops.

"Forget it. We'll talk later," He said dismissively, coughing a second time but stumbling slightly from the exertion, "Do whatever you want, clearly you are not going to listen to me anyway..." Faith

Most kits would have been offended by the other kit placing ash on their head, but Havenkit reveled in it. She thought this was all good fun! Honestkit had already danced out of her reach, but that didn't deter her. She spun around racing over to her brother Purekit an bopping his nose "YOUR IT PUREKIT" she jumped backwards, scurrying off after Honestkit to escape getting tagged again, but the thick ash causing her cough.

Lastingkit watched the other kits playing, dropping into a play bow and jumping back and forth with a big grin "Come one purekit, come get me next!"

Jadie  Nova Flurryofstars  fawnni  stardance  Phantom (If you want your kits to join in)
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Silverfringe muttered something under her breathe about the mess, but it wasn't like the kits could help it. The ash was every where, seeping into all the nooks and crevices. There was no avoiding it, and at least they had something to keep them amused while the adults tried to get some sort of order back to the camp 
"We should start working on the nursery. The kits are going to tire themselves out and are going to need a place to rest" she mewed to the other queens, her eyes looking out over the camp. It looked so barren and empty, even as the clan began to filter in

Unseenlights placed the kits she was carrying down upon her fluffy tail and grabbed the third from Alios who had taken one of the three to help her on the journey back to SunClan, sitting down just inside the entrance. She couldn't help but feel a little disoriented, the thick ash coating her nose and making it near impossible to find her clan-mates through scent alone. Even the stone felt different underneath her feet, felt wrong. Scorched. Before the fire she had been able to navigate the camp flawlessly, but it was like walking into the unknown "That is a good idea" she agreed
strawberrycupid  Nova  Phantom
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Ferventpaws slowly padding into camp, the sight of the distraction causing her to pause and a quick intake of breath, causing her to falling into a coughing fit. This didn't look like home, not any more. Where was the warm sandstone that shined in the sun? Where was thick undergrowth that dampened the sound of the waterfall that now was almost deafening? She staggered, struggling to breathe in the ash with her throat already injured. The look of despair that washed over her face was heart breaking, tears forming at the edges of her eyes "Sun God... where are you?"she murmured sadly Jetclaw
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Carrottop stayed close to Dappledbreeze, his short bright orange fur brushing against hers as they walked into camp. He had been born and raised in SunClan, but this felt wrong. He nosed her cheek "How are we going to fix this?" it was going to be a daunting task and breathing in the ashes didn't seem like it would be good for anyone's health cookie
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Innocentlamment slowly made her way to her brother's side, having spent most of the journey back separated while she tried to help some of the stragglers and queens  stay caught up with the rest of the clan. Her heart was still heavy with grief at the loss of their sister, at the paws of her brother no less. She had seen the horror that had washed over his face. He hadn't wanted to kill her... but not wanting to and not doing it were two very different things. She had supported him in front of the others, standing up for his actions even though she herself was conflicted. He was becoming more and more irrational, doing things that the red-furred kit she remembered from the nursery would never have dreamed of. Subaru's words were still fresh in her mind, and try as she might it was difficult to push them to the side. Finding him, her fur brushed against his "I know there is lots left to do, but you should take a moment to compose yourself" she spoke quietly so that the others wouldn't over hear, before speaking a little louder "Let me help you clear out your den. Maybe some of the herbs can be salvaged" Jadie
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Bloodystar preferred black and white. Emotions were anything but that. One minute he'd be riding the wave and the next he was crashing, there was no clear winner even if he was only fighting himself. So, when Duskslayer started baring his heart, the High Priest's whiskers twitched but otherwise his expression remained neutral. He was tuning it out and by now he'd gotten pretty good at it... but... the longer his Promised spoke the deeper Bloodystar dug his claws into the sandstone. Snap. Crack. He was aware of the damage he was doing but was totally numb to it, the soot and ash mixing with the blood at his feet.

"... Nothing someone says before the word 'but' really counts, you know..." Bloodystar finally replied, but he wasn't looking into Duskslayer's eyes, more like past them, "I forgave you for leaving SunClan when I needed you the most. I forgave you for having kits in the Regime without reporting them. And now, you are asking me to forgive you for direct insubordination that cost SunClan lives... You are asking a lot of me, brother. I... I don't know if I can trust you like I used to anymore."

He felt tears brimming to his eyes and hid them with the amulet. When did that come from!? He scolded himself for being so weak, he blamed it on exhaustion but knew that the sooner he ended this conversation, the better. Without giving Duskslayer any time to respond, he callously turned his head toward Innocentlament, "No, I will clean it out myself. I'd like you to oversee the restoration of camp alongside the Janus instead... In his free time I guess Duskslayer can be in charge of managing the kittens..."

Bloodystar found himself short of breath and nearly lost his balance. Fresh red droplets of blood, ones he'd failed to hide, began to fall steadily onto the ground, "Also. Send Glitterfreeze and Angelicblood to my den. I am going to go rest..." Faith racer

Honestkit continued to play tag in the soot and snow with the rest of the kits and was having a great time of it until he tried to shake a snowflake off his tail but it didn't stop. A few moments later the black-furred kit had given up on the game of tag and had his tail in his mouth, licking at it to no avail, that white spot wasn't going anywhere and now that he was looking up close there were even more! His heart began to beat faster and faster until finally he let out a panicked squeak, "THE SNOWFLAKE IS EATING MY TAIL! Someone get it off me!" racer & @anyone

Watermelonkit didn't believe it at first, after all he'd seen Boysenberrykit happy and healthy just hours ago. Death wasn't a concept he fully understood yet, all he knew was that it was supposed to be a long, long time before it touched him and his family. He brushed up next to Butterscotchkit and licked at his sister's tears, "Wherever he is, I'm sure he's happy. Right, mama?"

He cocked his head at Anemoneshade. The little red-and-white tom was doing a great job at keeping his face even and calm, but his paws were trembling ever so slightly, something perhaps only a mother's eye would notice, "Right?" stardance strawberrycupid

A ghost of a smile graced Sunnysmiles' features as Nightfury to agreed to go with her. It'd always be the little things that caught her attention. She was used to being alone, which at least let her walk over to the nursery without leaning on him too much. She caught the end of what Unseenlights said. "It's too cold for rain for now, anyway." Sunnysmiles' tail batted away at a falling snowflake. Lifting her paw she watched the snow that had collected between her toes slowly melt. "Snow's basically rain, right? Maybe we can use it to wash the walls." stardance racer
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Anemoneshade let out a shaky sigh. If only she could have done more, Boysenberrykit would still be here. There were condolences, but Bloodystar still barely gave her a glance. She pulled them all to her side, licking each on the top of the head and nuzzling them. "Yes, he's up at the Isle right now. And he's happy. And while he wouldn't want us to be sad, it's okay to be. Cry all you need to, my little ones." As if on cue, Peppermintkit burst into tears, uncontrolled sobbing as he pressed his face into Anemoneshade's fur. Jadie

Duskslayer withdrew a frosted breath into the air before stepping away from Innocentlament. It didn't mean a thing that Bloodystar needed him if he didn't want to be saved. It didn't mean a thing that Bloodystar had him or his mom in his life if he wanted what he didn't have. No wonder his whole family lived for anarchy. In the game of life, most people spend their time playing multiple matches, winning and loses small and big prizes. But for Bloodystar he always played the biggest matches and gained the largest losses. Because the first move in he already lost, it's what happens when you play with cheaters. The priestesses who make up their own rules to win every time. It must be frustrating being priest, finally able to make all the rules, but still losing. Bloodystar never won anything in an honest way and even when he won his prizes it almost always was a hollow victory.

But if Duskslayer left now he was just going to be replaced with some dictator and if he stayed he could at least keep up morale. Besides, the last time he tried to free a bunch of cats they said they wouldn't leave without their mommy.

Angelicblood and Glitterfreeze followed Innocentlament over to Bloodystar with Angelicblood keeping her head down low.

"What up?" Glitterfreeze asked with one of those cool nods that acknowledges a person.