[when seth appears on the video feed, he looks... well, a little different. older than the last time he was here, a little more worn. still the same exuberant teenager, but with an edge to him that he hadn't had last time he was here.]

Hey everybody! ...Looks like I'm back. [a little smile, and then seth pulls a face.] The quiet's still weird, though. I think it's gonna take me a while to get used to that again.

[another pause, because what kind of words do you use to fill a silence like this one?]

So... is... anybody still here? Anybody I knew, I mean. Conan, Euri? [anybody?] And... does anybody wanna fill me in on what I missed? I don't know how long it's been, but—the last thing I remember was, uh... some icy dudes coming and stabbing people. Oh! And when people got their powers back for a few minutes and then melted.