Without a choice despite the many questions still in their mind, they all followed her orders as they formed and orderly line and began walking into the room one after the other.
Before they could get in though, Nous left the stage to make it appear as though she entered the room before them.
As for why she was going through all the stress of making it appear as though she was human. It was simple, not many Nigerians both educated or not, actually knew what an artificial intelligence was.
If she went up to them especially this group as they were, while behaving as an artificial intelligence should. They would have all ran away believing that she was some ghost or even possibly a demon that was out to get them.
Yes, the uneducated can be that superstitious but they are not to be blamed, they just didnt have the opportunity to learn more about such things.