Origo Occasi
Spring 2025 · Torch: U.S. · ORIGO OCCASI
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Origo Occasi
Once upon a time, there was no sunset. When Helios drove his chariot across the sky, the sky went from light to dark. Crepusculum had always wanted a sunset, since he had been a boy.
One day, Crepusculum went to the altar and asked the gods to allow him to paint a sunset in the sky. The gods heard his prayer, and Crepusculum could paint a sunset in the sky that night.
The gods were so impressed that they allowed him to paint a sunset every day. Simulus did not want a sunset in the sky. Simulus was a dark shadow and shapeshifter. He occupied other’s shadows and controlled their movements.
A sunset would make Simulus’ deceptions more difficult because he would be forced to grow and change. The second night, as Crepusculum was beginning to paint the sky, Simulus took control of Crepusculum’s shadow. Simulus began to paint the sky black.
The sunset was ruined. The gods were furious, and they forbid Crepusculum to paint a sunset in the night sky ever again.
Crepusculum was unhappy, so he vowed to make things right. The third night, Crepusculum set up his colors as if he was going to paint the night sky.
Simulus began to sneak up on Crepusculum, but Crepusculum was prepared. He turned around and began to paint all over Simulus.
Simulus was completely covered with colors.
Never again could he take someone’s shadow. Crepusculum showed this to the gods, and they allowed him to paint the sky every night.
olim occasum fuit. ubi Helios quadrigam trans caelum vehebatur, caelum ab lumine ad tenebram ivit. cum puer fuisset Crepusculum semper occasum cupierat.
quondam, Crepusculum ad aram ivitque deos permittere pingere occasum in caelō rogavit. dei eius precem audiverunt, et illā nocte Crepusculum in caelō pingere poterat.
dei tam laeti fuerant ut Crepusculum pingere caelum cotidie admisērunt. Simulus occasum in caelō esse noluit. Simulus obscura umbra et versipellis erat. umbras aliārum superat et
suōrum motus direxit.
occasus Simuli deceptiones difficiliores fac eret, quod ipse surgere et mutare impulisset. Secundā nocte, cum Crepusculum pingere cae lum incipiebat, Simulus Crepusculi umbram cepit. Simulus pingere atrum caelum incepit. occasus delebatur. dei irascebantur, et Crepus culum in caelum nocturnum pingere umquam prohibuerunt.
Crepusculo infelice, facere res iura vovit. Tertiā nocte, Crepusculum suum pigmentum consti tutit quasi pingere caelum nocturnum ageret.
Simulus obrepere Crepusculum incepit, atque Crepusculum paratus erat. ille vertit et in totō pingere Simulum incohavit. Simulus totus a pigmentis operiebatur.
numquam cuiusquamumbram capere poterat. Crepusculo hoc deis ostenditoque, eum pingere caelum omne nocte permisērunt.
Origo Occasi
Origo Occasi
Scribta ab Sarah Bobertz
Dreher High School, South Carolina