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// Chapter 1: Sunset Shimmer (The Patient) A surprise visit 
// Story: EQG: The Jokerz 
// by Dalek-Galvo 
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Sunset Shimmer was in her hospital room eating from a Granny Smith Apple just as Nurse Red-Heart entered her room.

"Good Morning," Nurse Red-Heart said as she came in with supplies.

"Good morning Nurse," The Patient said. "Thank you for the food."

"I'm glad that you like it," Red-Heart said with a smile. "By the way, you have a visitor."

"Who is he," The Patient said. 

"I heard that he's some kind of comedian," Red-Heart said. "He goes to children's hospitals all across Gotham for charity and he likes to tell his jokes to all the kids. The kids just love him."

"Ok," The Patient said with a kind smile. 

Then both of them heard a knock on the door.

"Come in," Nurse Red-Heart said.

Then the comedian appeared as he opened the door.

"Hello there," The Comedian said. "My Name is Joseph Kerr, I heard about the accident at Ace Chemicals, I hope you're feeling really well today Sun..." 

Before Joseph Kerr could finish, The patient turned to him and said. "Could you call me Joker, that name makes me feel better."

"It's ok, I understand," Joseph said. "We all just live in a world where sane and rational people are just more spread out than people like us, they just don't understand a lot of the things people like us think about." "It's like I've alway's said, some people can just simply go insane with just one bad day."

"I bet," The Patient said, still eating her apple.

"You know, this kinda reminds me of a joke I used to tell to people, but no one ever got the joke, I'm sure that you won't be able to get it either," Joseph Kerr said.

"Hey, I bet I will, please tell me," The Patient said in a curious tone of voice.

"Alright, alright, I'll tell you the joke," Joseph Kerr said. "Sigh, Alright, here goes nothing."


“See, there were these two guys in a lunatic asylum... and one night, one night they decide they don't like living in an asylum any more. So one night, They decide they're going to escape! So, like, they get up onto the roof, and there, just across this narrow gap, they see the rooftops of the town, stretching away in the moon light... stretching away to freedom. Now, the first guy, he jumps right across with no problem. But his friend, his friend didn't dare make the leap. Y'see... Y'see, he's afraid of falling. So then, the first guy has an idea... He says 'Hey! I have my flashlight with me! I'll shine it across the gap between the buildings. You can walk along the beam and join me!' B-but the second guy just shakes his head. He suh-says... He says 'Wh-what do you think I am? Crazy? You'd turn it off when I was half way across!”

At first there was no response, making Joseph Kerr have an embarrassed look on his face, "Darn it, I blew the Punch-Line again," Joseph Kerr said under his breath.

Suddenly, Sunset then bursted into a fit of laughter.

"That's the funniest Joke I've ever heard," The Patient said as she continued laughing.

"Wow, you're the first person who actually got the joke," Joseph Kerr said as he started to smile. "Hold on a minute." 

"Nurse Red-Heart," Joseph said, as she turned to face him. "I would like to ask if she could come over to my home. "There are other children there that are just like her that suffer from the same affliction, and I think the other children are going to love her.

"That is fine with me," Nurse Red-Heart said. "As long as her Doctor say's that it's ok."

"Oh thank you so much," Joseph said. 

Just as the Doctor gave Joseph Kerr permission, he then escorted Sunset by Wheel-Chair to his car so that she could be sent to her new home.

"Don't worry, once we're home, you'll be safe from those who would want to hurt you," Joseph said to Sunset, who was asleep while sitting in the backseat.


(This will continue with Chapter 2: Meeting the other Jokers).