bridgescribble | The Nightmare meme

You're having a nightmare, and you aren't alone. Someone is here with you in tonight's strange, dark dreamscape--for better or for worse.

Chased: Bears, tentacly monsters, giant vengeful wasps. You need to escape from it but you can't find a way.
Trapped: Elevator, sinking ship, cave. You're in and you can't get out.
Performance: It's often quoted that people fear public speaking more than they fear death. You don't know the script, you've never seen this Powerpoint, the teleprompter is blurry as hell... forget falling, you're about to die on stage.
Hated: You know those dreams where everyone you know accuses you of something terrible and they all hate you now? Yeah. It's that one tonight.
Disaster! You're on an island and a volcano erupts! You're next to a river and it floods! Never mind how geologically, climatologically, or physically likely it would be in this location in real life, it's happening now.
Haunting past: Your bad memories are just waiting for you to let your guard down, and what's more unguarded than sleep?
Wildcard: There are infinite nightmares in infinite combinations... why not put together your own?

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((Available in goofy or serious varieties. Buson is a very insecure person, so his nightmares likely are of the everyone hates you, actually, variety. You completely humiliated yourself publicly! You big fake!! You look totally lame!!!

Alternatively, for past, Team Rocket Academy was basically boot camp and Buson was an irreverent, cocky up-start that likely received some harsh punishment (probably involving being kept in solitary confinement, because Buson doesn't do alone too good) to make him more compliant.

Who wants to go along for the ride? (At least the last one would be less awful that way ~~... for him, anyway, dunno about you, Buson is not exactly a comforting presence by most estimations.~~))

[Hey guess who's getting ready to go to bed at his usual (acceptable!) hours of the night? This kid! He's brushed his teeth and even gotten comfortable in his sleeping bag, out in who-knows-where, part of the region, out in the dense woods. It's fine though he's not alone when he goes to bed! His Chikorita is nice and snug in the sleeping bag with him.

Dreams sure are weird, where he won't be questioning just where he'll find himself standing.]

Buson wouldn't normally sleep this early, not without a pleasant distraction, but he was tired, so he fell asleep with a still uneasy mind...

He's caught, somehow, and sharply accused. His loyalty's called into question and his first response is anger and indignation. He's never been anything but loyal. He's never ratted anyone out, he's quietly done time without selling anyone else out for an easier time... oh, now they're saying he's gone soft? That does it! He's furious and nearly forgets the difference in rank, when he's brought evidence and it's... the boys. He was supposed to kill Chris that day, wasn't he? But two escaped on his watch, Chris and some traitor he helped. Even if Buson swore he killed Chris, who would believe him with the boy standing right in front of him? And what's worse, why did they have to drag Vasily into this? Buson does his best not to say their names, although his expressions easily betray his recognition and unspoken questions.

"It was only... only one of them that was involved, that time. Just Chris. Why are they both... that other boy... he's got nothin' to do with it!"

Chris was caught again--it was his fault. He wasn't careful, and not only that instead of going by himself to his shock and surprise Vasily had stepped in claiming to be Chris, which technically wasn't a lie, but why would the usually quiet and timid Vasily act so recklessly? Chris couldn't make sense of it.

When they're made to stand in front of the admin and Buson did he felt his blood grow cold. He recognized that short, blue hair and white uniform. He'll push Vasily behind himself frowning.

"Hey Mister, what's this even about? How come you dragged in some kid that ain't involved in any of this? What, you didn't have enough evidence that you gotta threaten around others?" He'll cross his arms looking angry. Despite that, he's worried. What if they hurt Buson? Or Vasily? Would Celebi even help then? He didn't know, and it made his stomach twist into knots. Normally Archer wouldn't go this far.

Archer however barely turned his attention to Chris. No, instead he's staring straight at Vasily whose face was turning rather pale. He was clearly holding back his tears too.

"Not involved you say?" Archer turned away. "It doesn't matter which one of you die, as long as the job is finished. It's only fair, isn't it?"

"Now, hold on a second, there's no reason to kill someone who never did anythin' to cross us...! That's reckless, they're—they're just kids..."

He hated having to even argue this. It felt like he had to take sides! He didn't want to have to pick which one to give up.

"... can't you just let 'em off with a warnin'? Did the other kid even do anythin'?"

The Nightmare meme

Buson (Attila) | Pokemon | OTA

okay consider: the two of their nightmares mashing together into one

[CW child death, murder, Chris couldn't protect Vasily and Buson couldn't protect Chris or Vasily!!]

[CW child death, murder] oh boy time for Vasily to die!!!

[CW child death, murder; nooo... ;O; ... he's gonna try and prevent it, somehow!!]