Recently, I did something unusual.

During a routine shopping trip, I came away with a new PC game. It's been years since I delved into the PC gaming market, and I felt it was time to do something for myself for a change.

That was the high point.

Installation process was as defined:

* Click on product installation link.
* Redirected to Origin installation dialogue box instead.
* Sign Origin TOS.
* Install Origin.
-- Uncheck...

It's been a while since I did this . . . so here is an excerpt from:
Returning to Pericynthion.

Prologue.
ValleyFair Amusement Park, Shakopee, Minnesota.
Thursday, 23 July 2020.

Anthony Downs looked over his shoulder, and grinned at the people behind him.

Jamie Cunningham and Svetlana Zaytseva were practically inseparable today. Moreover, they were bringing up the rear of the line (again), and this time the grim look of sheer determination...

Alrighty then:

SEP-010, Epilogue, Part 2.

Friday, 26 June 2020.
Saturn-V Display, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.

Jamie Cunningham stared at the S-1C stage of the massive, three hundred-feet rocket sheltered inside of the building she was standing in. The nozzles of the five F-1 engines stared back at her as she leaned against the wall of the building.

She heard footsteps around her, but she didn't pay much attention. The ...

Moving right along . . .

SEP-010, Epilogue, Part 1.

Friday, 19 June 2020.
League City, Texas.

Jamie Cunningham closed the door to her apartment and locked it. Sighing as she turned to walk the short distance to her car through the stifling heat and humidity of the Texas air, she got in and sat in the driver's seat, closing the car door with a slightly effete slam. Rolling her eyes as she pulled the belt buckle out of the way of the door's A-frame, she...

An edit . . . because I wasn't ultimately happy with what I posted earlier. This should be an improvement even with my own standards of writing!

I give you once again:

SEP-010, Chapter 20.

Constitution, Flight Deck.

Sienna Morrison made an odd noise.

Both Jamie Cunningham and Greg Williams turned their head as they heard the outburst -- first in the form of a barely-restrained snicker. Then it metastasized into a full-blown guffaw,...