Sanders Sides One Shots(HIATUS)

Manticore-Chimera(DLAMP)

https://www.quotev.com/Jadonnie says

" You should do a LAMP CLAM DLAMP etc one. I'm not sure what it's called. "

You didn't specify whether it was LAMP(Logan x Virgil x Roman x Patton) or DLAMP(Logan x Virgil x Roman x Patton x Deceit) soooo ima do DLAMP because I love mah slimy boi

i can't write poly ships very well soooo......

I think that when most fanders write one-shots about Roman fighting a monster, they immediately think, 'Dragon-Witch'. But the Manticore-Chimera is much more dangerous in my opinion because Roman said it had injured him before he had defeated it, and the dragon-witch was much easier to deal with(roman's a mean spleen-stabbing machine) edit: this took literally a week to write I'm not in my groove XD

TW: censored swearing, sympathetic Deceit, Manticore-Chimera, blood/gore, almost dying, body horror?(six arms), ANGST, like four snake puns

     Deceit sighed, looking at himself in the mirror. The curls of hair atop his head refused to cooperate. He ran a comb through his hair in one last halfhearted attempt to tame it before giving up and flipping his hat onto his head.

     He went to the kitchen only to find a note on the counter in Roman's handwriting: Light sides out on date in imagination. See you in a couple hours!

     Of course. Deceit thought. The four light sides were all dating each other. It was an odd arrangement, but it somehow worked.

     Suddenly Deceit felt a small urge to go into the imagination. Why? He asked himself. But his brain was as confusing as always.

     He ignored it and sat down, scrolling through social media. Nothing really sparked his interest. Finally, he put his phone on the table and sighed.

     He drummed his fingers on the table. The door to Roman's room was cracked open and Deceit could see the door to the imagination taunting him out of the corner of his eye.

    Not really knowing what he was doing, he walked into Roman's room and pushed open the door, stepping into the imagination. It's just for a walk, he told himself.

     But he found himself tracing Roman's steps to a clearing in the woods with a picnic blanket spread over the grass. Deceit ducked behind a tree, peering out to see Virgil sitting in Roman's lap, Patton hugging Logan, and Roman pressing a kiss to Logan's cheek.

     It felt odd watching someone else's date. Deceit was both repelled and intrigued by the scene in front of him.  He scaled the tree and continued watching.

     For about five minutes, this intimate sharing of cuddles and kisses continued. But suddenly a cloud blocked the sun. Everyone looked up and at least half of them screamed at what they saw.

     "Sh*t!" Roman swore, backing away and raising his sword. Virgil's face was paper-white with terror, Logan's wore a mask of shock, and Patton's eyes were stretched open wide in fear. Because standing over the four boyfriends was a huge animal with a goat head, a lion head, a snake head, a scorpion tail, a lion-like body, and huge bat wings. It let out a roar and even Deceit flinched away at the heat emitting from its glowing red-hot jaws.

     "It's the manticore-chimera." Roman breathed. Without a second of hesitation, he turned and pushed Virgil toward the path. But the manticore-chimera had other plans. It swung its scorpion-like tail over its head and slammed it into the ground, blocking their escape. It snarled once again and thick, gnarly thorns emerged out of nowhere and wove themselves in between the trees, creating an impassable circular wall surrounding all five of them. Unnaturally large, sharp thorns extended from the vines, ready to strike and draw blood. Deceit looked around himself, panicked. There was nowhere to go.