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[Maldeus]

ARhhG!

[Agent Lex]

For your demons, since you say you're all students I assume you're in University or some other educational place. An easy thing to do would be to advertise positions for volunteers (or if you can scrape some cash together, a little payment) for people to take part in an "art project". Once you get some responses, explaining what it will involve (and it sounds very involved!) is pretty crucial, so they know what they're getting into.

Your second and third problems kinda go hand-in-hand; since there's a time limit, getting people in and quickly is going to be key if it's going to be successful. Personally, I think for a non-ARG audience, 13 days as a limit is a bit tight. Even the most effective advertising will get few takers, and being local you can eliminate that to roughly 5 people getting truly involved, if that.

Anyway, your large poster idea isn't bad, if you're keeping it local. If it decodes to the forum address, have it be the "signal" to your demonic troops (I know I'm kinda ripping off MU here, but your audience is unlikely to know). Your demons can have introductory "I saw the message on the B building wall, here I am" kinda posts, which would indicate why the message was even there.

Lastly, keeping TINAG but not letting your non-ARG audience get concerned is kinda hard. Supernatural cults aren't exactly realistic anyway, but perhaps some minor indication in your forum footer, like "a Maldeus art project" or something may be wise.

[The Mirror]

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