demon · possessive · tall · gaunt · angry · horror · supernatural · coercive · habit
"Then you must-" you gasped. "Quite correct!" The entity shrieked triumphantly. "I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit." A friend dropped a needle in disbelief as you and another companion backed away slowly. "Don't try to leave," he ordered, sweeping his arm menacingly, "for there's so very much to do, and you still have over eight hundred years to go on the first job." "But why do only unimportant things?" you asked, remembering daily wastes of time. "Think of the trouble it saves," the man explained, his face twisting into an evil grin—if he could grin at all. "If you only do the easy and useless jobs, you'll never have to worry about the important ones which are so difficult. You just won't have the time. For…