This is the ritual to lead you on. Your friends will meet him when you're gone. 𖦹

<...and only the smell of the bonfire reminded Alan of his goal. With each loop, circumstances changed, vaguely familiar events were repeated but differently, and these people seemed... as if they didn’t even understand that they were stuck here and accepted these loops as commonplace. The Dark Presence seemed not the same, its purpose has changed, and the suffering of these people has become a priority... it is unrecognizable. Trying to restore the sequence of memories, Alan broke away from his thoughts, because he heard the sounds of frightening footsteps coming from behind the bushes...>