It's what I've been trying to tell you. Don't get into a false sense of security. How did I not see this COMING?!

Kindred havens have been broken into, havens have been under surveillance by parties unknown, pranks being pulled to draw us out... Somebody is planning something big. These are test runs, to test our preparedness, and we're failing.

It could be the Anarchs, it could be Hunters, it could be Sabbat... Hell it could be your best friend planning it all.

Thanks Crisper for the word on the street, unfortunately that is all you have is the word on the street and not proof.

I will be looking into any possible involvement they may or may not have had. What I can tell you about them for sure is that they did travel to subzero and parked near the rear of the building, however they carried no explosives or fire starting materials.

Could they have planted an explosive devise inside the building prior to their arrival? Yes they could have. However why in god's name would anyone plant a bomb in a building and then head towards it as it was going off? Logically I would assume they would want to be far away from it wouldn't they?

Darren hit the nail on the head... this was a message plain and simple but for who? Us as the Camarilla? The Ventrue perhaps as that was their club? 

Unless other dictated by the ruling council my advise for everyone is do not react without the facts. Batten down the hatches. Protect your own homes and havens to make sure this doesn't happen to you.

Only one of two things? Kindred are never that simply motivated. Why use or when you can say and?

It's a great strategy; you startle the nest and watch what comes out and how. It's hard to maintain surveillance on a large group of Kindred, but if you know where they're at you set a fire, and suddenly out through the same door they come flooding. Who is scared? Which of them huddle in little groups to talk? Which of them suddenly begin moving strangely on your recorded footage once the others are looking the other way? Who gets into which car, who takes out a phone to make a call, who stays to watch or talk to the mortals and while moves off as quickly as possible? Behaviour in a group of predators is different to individual behaviour, anyhow. Fear is universal, if Kindred react in a similar or dissimilar way it is telling. How many of you were watched, hmm? Was anyone hurt or killed? Because that would have been a shiny bonus for the fire setter. There is that "and" at work.

Next time someone sets your place on fire or proceeds to fuck up your whatever, follow your plan to do something different. Such as smashing out a window or taking the fucking fire escape and heading up to the roof and have a good look around while the chaos theater plays out on the streets. If it's a trap, well, you're screwed anyways. But if it's not then you'll see all sorts of possibly interesting things. If ya don't plan for it in the long run, you're fucked.

And 'sides, you never been in a house on fire before? That shit teaches you to move fast. Great motivator. This is a fucking metropolis. Look up the stats on fires, especially during the winter. You may be alarmed by the data.

Two cents.

The news feed on this site now reads: Fire at Sub Zero perpetrated by Vanier Anarchs.

If this is the Sheriff's conclusion than this cannot stand. The Anarchs have killed Camarilla Kindred before, and they'll kill again.

Or maybe you think our adversary attacked us with FIRE because it was a cold night and they thought we'd like a nice Christmastime yule log? No, they know that it's the one thing we all fear, down in our Beasts. All of these actions are testing our defenses and our readiness. I plan to be ready.

The Camarilla's strength is in its unity and chain of command. Now is the time to unite behind our Prince. We should not allow any weakness or cracks in the Ivory Tower.

Well if you boil things down, there are two reasons. Getting us distracted means that we let our guards down. We slip up and do things that we might not do otherwise. So when we all rushed out they could catch us doing things they could track or follow up with. Though I didn't see many people outside, so I am guessing obfuscation or alternate escape routes. So I don't think we did too badly on the escaping of the burning building.

But really, if you want to kill a building full of people, you would block the doors, then cut the alarms before the fire started. Start the fire in multiple locations is a good plan too. Makes it faster to spread and harder to deal with.

Weren't we told to back off of the Anarch fight by the Archon? So unless that's changed, we're not to engage them.

Another "prophet?"

"Prophets" are like broken clocks: always correct twice a day, misleading the rest of the time.

We make our own future.