Could you all make an entry into your character sheet listing:
Prime Skills: Search, Spot, Listen
It is easier for the me as these are regularly used. Ron you missed the first spot, but you succeeded in the second spot. So you did actually 'see' the attack, although it was so fast you didn't have the time to either respond to or identify the perpetrator (I took the liberty of assuming that you where focussing on the conversation about your father, and therefor where not paying that much attention to your surroundings). The other three where not able to see the event, as it happened in the center of the crowd, and you are all at the outskirts.
If you'd rather wish to throw the dice yourselves please state so and I will state when a roll is appropriate and you can email me the results using the dice server.
Any questions regarding the current situation can be asked in the ooc. I will try to keep the ic free of too much ooc postings. So questions like who,where,what,how etc. should be posted here and I will try to answer them.
In case you haven't noticed I'm trying a new style of DMing, giving several adventure hooks, where you can choose which path to go, although when you have chosen, this could affect the other story lines. I am also taking a more passive roll: there is no right or wrong in the actions taken by you: there are only consequences. I am not out to kill you or be an adversary, I'm just the storyteller...
As a reminder: I will only continue IC if all 4 have stated there action(s) for the next (couple) of round(s). No initiative is necessary as there is no immediate combat at hand (although this could change in a matter of seconds)