In this manner, weighing enticement against implicit threat, I managed to keep the crowd in place as it grew to dozens, then a hundred people, with more still approaching, pushing the number closer to two hundred. Barely a fifth of all the people I’d tried to get in touch with. I was okay with that. It was enough to spread the word.
It’s still a pretty sizable crowd. Nice work.
Also, getting one in five people to follow the instructions written in bugs on their walls by a known villain is honestly impressive.