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This is the end. The end of the gap year, the end of the trip, and the end of my mission.

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Things are going to change after this. I'm going to change. Not that I haven't already.

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The ritual of the Patron's Broach was successful. I am not perceivable to the world. It's a

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bit complicated, how it all works, but that's the gist of it. My tour group doesn't know

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I'm here. They don't see me, hear me, nor can they feel me. It sounds like it would

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be hard to navigate, right? Well, no, because I can control it. We've been in Thailand for

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a week and a half now. Our first stop was Bangkok. We were there for a week, then moved

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to Krabi, where we've been for a few days. This is the last stop on my journey. And on

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the gap year. Well, that's not entirely true. There are plans to visit Koh Lanta before

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everyone heads home. I will not be going with them. This is my last stop. The last stop

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I will need. Supplemental log two. I think I've found a way to bury these logs within

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the recorder, hopefully deep enough so that the recorder guy doesn't find them. Unfortunately,

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I think they'll be so deep they might pop up at any point cutting into future recordings.

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So if that's what you're hearing, sorry for the interruption. But it's important that

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I document my thoughts. I don't know what's going on. And he's just being so secretive

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about all this. It worries me. Not that it's any of my concern. I just want to know. End

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of supplemental log two. Krabi is such an interesting place. In its early days, it was

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part of the Sri Vajaya Empire, a powerful Buddhist maritime kingdom. It was a small,

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sleepy province for a long time, specializing in rubber, tin mining and fishing. Under the

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rule of the various empires at the time, Krabi became a coastal trade hub since many pirates

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and merchants sailed by it from around the world. Now, as the place evolves like Krabi

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did, culture is shared. When a place is visited by so many different people from so many different

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places, stories are shared. And there are no stories like those carried across the waves.

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Now, the story I want to talk about isn't actually Thai in origin. If I have enough

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time, I can talk about the Krasu or the Peapop, some of the more fascinating Thai spirits.

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But I'll start with Umi Bozu. Originating from Japanese folklore, Umi Bozu completely

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embodies the fear of being watched. See, according to legend, when someone dies at sea, their

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soul is lost on the waves, destined to roam forever. Sometimes they just become creatures

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like sirens. In this case, they become a phantom. Umi Bozu are just that, wispy, vague figures

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that once died on the waves. They are said to appear when someone is close to death.

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Now, there are some misconceptions here. Many sailors believe they cause the tranquil sea

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to turn violent. That is not the case. They simply show up before it happens because they

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can sense the incoming danger. Now, Umi Bozu aren't really that scary. They're harmless,

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in fact, as most phantoms are. However, there is one. Umi Bozu, the sea priest. This creature

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is said to be the very first human to ever die by the ocean's hand. It is one of the

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most terrifying creatures I've learned about. Let me explain why. I once spoke with someone

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who had seen the sea priest. Not many who glimpsed the figure lived to share their story.

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She was older when I met her, but it was during her youth when it all happened, some 30 years

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prior. I wish I had a recording of our conversation, but unfortunately that was before I thought

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to record, as I do now. She worked on an oil tanker then. She was the third mate who oversees

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safety gear assist with navigation and does night shifts. It was that last small fact

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that both saved her life and scarred her forever. As she explained it, it was a calm night,

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thick with cloud coverage. She was making her usual rounds, patrolling the upper deck.

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The ships sailed on, the waves calm, and the fog eventually died down. She noticed a large

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black cloud in front of them. Storm cloud, maybe. It looked so far out, it was not an

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issue. She would report to the second mate and forget about it. Much later, as she was

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wrapping up her shift, she looked toward the cloud again. It was still there, of course,

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still beyond the horizon. She didn't know why, but she quickly became very paranoid.

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She felt as though she was standing on the other side of one-way glass, being watched

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by someone unseen. The deck was empty. It was her nerves. Simply her nerves. Nothing

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to worry about. No one was watching her. Only someone was. She was sure of it. She couldn't

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shake the feeling, like hearing shuffling over your shoulder or breath on the back of

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your neck. She was panicking now, spinning in every direction, still completely alone.

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She rushed to the side of the ship, feeling sick. The breeze was calming, and she was

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able to catch her breath. As she slowly looked up from the waves, she laid eyes on that same

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cloud from hours ago. It had not moved. It had not shifted with the wind. She stared

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at it, feeling that same panic return. It was a peculiar shape, almost looked like a

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person from the torso up. She raised her eyes, tracing the figure against the dark sky. Two

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circular lights sat right where this figure's eyes would be. She almost laughed, shaking

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her head at this crazy thought. Sometimes being out on the sea would do that to you.

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As she looked into these stars, something happened. Something so small and meaningless.

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It blinked. The stars vanished, reappearing only a second later. It was no cloud. It was

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the sea priest. She could see it now, looming past the horizon, unimaginably large, blocking

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out stars in the night sky. She stumbled back, pressing up against a wall behind her. The

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figure watched her, silently. It was her imagination. It had to be. This was impossible. It hadn't

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blinked. It was a cloud. As she tried to convince herself, she continued to stare at the figure.

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Her heart sank when she watched it slowly cock its head. Her breath was gone. She could

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feel her heart in her throat. She ran. But where? No matter where she would go, this

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thing would see her. It was bigger than the night sky. She wanted to leave. At that moment,

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she wanted nothing more than to be back in her home, in her bed, away from here. She

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turned a corner, rushing upstairs and heading for the bridge. She looked over her shoulder,

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the thing still watching, still there. As she turned back, she slammed into the cabin

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door. Only, it wasn't the cabin door. It was wood. She stopped and turned around. She was

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not on the tanker anymore. She was, as she wanted to be, back in her own room. The lights

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were off and the bed was made, exactly as she left it. She moved slowly. Was it all

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a dream? She opened the window above her desk. It was dark out, seemingly the same time it

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was on this ship. From her small apartment, she looked out at the city skyline. That same

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dark figure was looming past the horizon, looking away. She began to shake again. It

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was no dream. Somehow, she was back home, but no time had passed. She watched as the

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figure slowly turned around. She ducked below her window, curling up and covering her eyes,

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for she could not bear the thought of it seeing her again. That was when I met her. She still

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has intense agoraphobia and has not left her home in three decades. She later found out

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that same oil tanker she was working on sank that same night and she was presumed dead.

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Now, something important about the Sea Priest. Since it is the oldest phantom in the material

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plane, it is much more powerful than the others. From the tales I've collected, I believe it

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has the power to grant wishes or desires, something like that. That is why I'm here.

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That is the final goal of my mission. I have a request for the Sea Priest. My plan to summon

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it was laid out from the very start. My plan to summon it was laid out from the very start.

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By attracting so much attention facing so many creatures, I'm sure it will see me and

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the danger following me. It is only a matter of time before it appears. It's said if you

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make eye contact with it, the Sea Priest is obligated to listen to you. The reason this

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is so difficult is because of its sheer size. This creature is so large, it's difficult

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to make out its shape. Which is why I sit here for so long, watching the dark horizon,

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tracing the stars and the clouds. One has not moved in a very long time. I see you,

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Umi Bozu, the Sea Priest. I see you. He watches. He sees all. I have a wish for you. I want

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to know all who know my story.

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Dear listener, I'm sure you still have some questions. Before I go, I wanted to answer

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them. This was my goal all along. Through my quest, by doing the rituals I did and finding

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the Sea Priest, I made myself anew. I am imperceptible. I am known by all. That makes me a paradox.

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I am an enigma. As of why, well I'm sure you can guess, it is the greatest gift to watch

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and see. To view the world and to learn new stories. This way I can see so many stories.

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I'll never miss anything. I'll be a part of it all. If you know of me, I know of you.

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I see you. As you listen now, I am with you. And I always will be watching. My name is

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*** and I will always see you. I hope you can live the rest of your life. All of you.

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I will see it all. Thank you for your attention. I'll be seeing you.