The First Night

It is the eve of All Souls Day and there is a blanket of silence surrounding the town of Waynesville, Ohio. For the town's folk, this is one of the scariest nights of the entire year when no one is usually seen out of their houses at night. After a whole year away in the city, Ryan has come back home along with his friends who are all here to attend his wedding that is due in a few days. It's around 10 o'clock at night, and Ryan and his friends are all sitting on the front porch having a drink before they turn in for the night. Just then, the caretaker of the mansion, Herbert walks up to them with a bottle of water in one hand and the torch in the other and says,

“Ryan, your mother has asked me to tell you to wind up from your quickly. It's quite late, and it's not good to be out so late at night tonight.”