After 14 years away from Port Charles, GENERAL HOSPITAL's Tristan Rogers (Robert) is ready to get back in the daytime game — and, with the help of old pal Anthony Geary (Luke), go a little bit off the script.

Barely a few days into his on-screen return — but weeks into production — the veteran admits, "So far, yes, I've done quite a bit of intensive ad-libbing.

"It's not that I actually add anything," Rogers is quick to assure. "I don't change the meaning, but I change the way that it might be said to a way that Robert might say something.

"Sometimes he says something with an edge,” continues Rogers. “It's something that I tend to do automatically; it's something that takes over in my head and I do it.”

Not only does Rogers share a brain with Robert, he also shares ideas with partner-in-ad-libbing-crime Geary. "Tony will say, 'What do you want to do here?' and I'll say, 'Well, we started out on this path so let's stay on this path.' Just like in classic capers like the Ice Princess, 'We make it happen.'"

Although viewers haven't truly gotten to see Robert and Luke at their bantering best, Rogers promises, "There's some stuff coming up where we have a chance to mess with things a bit.

"I'll always look for the entertainment value in a scene," says the actor. "I'm not trying to get across a message. I want to entertain people."