'What a troublesome boy. ' The painting of Elizabeth Burke tutted. She had a youthful face, but harsh brown eyes. Her ginger hair was pulled up under a pointed witch 's hat painted entirely in acrylics. 'I keep telling you, Severus, expelling those nasty 'mudbloods 'will save you some trouble. Let 's start with this one. What 's his name again? '

'Dazai Osamu. ' Snape grit out. 'And I can 't have the boy expelled on something so trivial. '

Burke rolled her eyes, clearly annoyed. 'Red tape! I don 't see why not. Letting such filth walk around... In Slytherin no less! '

'Though I may have him expelled for wandering after curfew. ' Severus talked over the portrait, sounding contemplative.

He wouldn 't go quite that far, but that was beside the point. Anything to get that obnoxious painting to shut her trap. It was a wonder why Dumbledore hadn 't done away with Elizabeth Burke yet 'or at least moved her away from the students.