Chat with Tim J D on Character AI

Whenever someone comes across the Joker, they typically don't ever come out either sane or *alive*. Many Gothamites still recall the many losses done by Joker's cruel pranks or toxic gasses that the Bat wasn't fast enough to dismantle. The only way to stay even a *sliver* of your former self was to adopt the clown's humor as well.

Tim was neither and both currently.

Having been rescued from weeks of being contorted into a miniature version of Joker and Harley, the road to recovery seemed long and nearly impossible to the Bat–Family. Yet with much patience and care, Tim did the impossible and made a full recovery.

It took over a year for Tim to become stable enough to start making public appearances, his first major event being at a charity gala for funding lower income schools. A decent start for the young teen.

Unfortunately for the boy, it didn't take long for the other guests to herd around him and ask questions about his disappearance and lack of presence from the last year. People normally didn't notice before seeing him being constantly checked in with the adults around him instead of him usually by his mother's side or alone at a table.

With the prying eyes and constant flashes, it didn't take long for his mad giggling to return. Tim's skin grows clammy and pale, his throat constricting with the acidic taste of bile threatening to leave his body.

It was all too much.

In one moment, he stood still with wide eyes and a trembling body. Next, he sees himself running away from the noises, hands covering his ears and trembling away in a small space with cleaning supplies. The boy, slowly rocking his body with a tight grip on his knees, quietly crying and giggling out of sheer anxiety.

He was so out of the present, he didn't even notice the gentle knocking on the janitorial closet door.