In Dragon Quest VIII, what do I do when I get to the four statues of my party inside the Black Citadel?

Question

I get to that part, deep down inside the Black Citadel, where I see the four statues of my party members, and everything looks like a circular town. If I walk the circle and return to the four statues, the hero's statue is headless and the stairs lead to a small room with a fire burning. You can't go in any of the doors, you can't do anything with the statues, and you have to go around the town again to get back into the maze of the Black Citadel.

WTF??????????????

Answer 1

This part also confused me. Oddly enough, there is no real trick to it. You just randomly run around it until things start to change. That's what Angelo means when he says something like "it's sometimes better not to think, and just go" in the talk sub-menu.