[at first it's just voice, the start of a word followed by a hiss and the clatter of the comm being dropped. Faint, distant cursing, then it clicks off briefly. A few minutes later...]
[THAT is the face that suddenly comes on screen, having just lit that cigarette by the looks of it]
So it's this shitty world again, huh? Nobody mentioned the damn headache you get after being gone so long.
Uh. Shit. I'm sorry, it's been two years and some, so I'm going to be a little slow at catching up. The damn greeting's still the same, at least. Is anybody still...I mean, if there's anyone still here who remembers me from two years ago...er, hello? I know there were a lot of lovely ladies in this place and boy, most of you would be a sight for sore eyes right about now. Forgive me if I don't instantly remember names. The pounding headache is getting in my way, and most of what I remember is a blank compared to the Hell I've been in.
[he takes a drag and breathes out the smoke] ...at least it had better timing this go-around. But I was all excited to see the New World at last, not show up back here! Dammit.
[it clicks off as he's leaving the porter building, looking extremely thoughtful. There's something he's forgetting and he just knows it, but what?]
[ooc: sigh, forgive the lack of timeskipped icons. He looks dramatically different from what he used to, the info post is
here on his canon-update. Let's play pretend he has a new icon set!]