Prof. Kokonoe's Consultation Room.

Having perked up greatly, he'd nodded to her and hopped out of the door with a skip in his step, it was a small thing, but a coffee date that was wonderful for him. He smiled and then beamed while waving. "I promise to remember! I'm off to complete my task, s-see you soon, Bye Professor!" He'd leapt to the doorway and opened it while heading towards the outside, jumping up and clicking his heels together, just before heading off with this trouble whisked away!

"See you!" Kokonoe could not help but grin as she watched Kageo leave. "So...he and I are on a date, hm?"

She was actually looking forward to it; Kageo's a nice guy, and she rarely met any nice guy's in her line of work. As such, she excited by the prospect of getting to know Kageo-kaka more.

Kokonoe was just about to get to playing this Visual Novel called "Katawa Shoujo" when she heard the knock on the door.

"Wow, three customers in one day." She chuckled "What are the odds?" Sighing, she composed herself in a refined manner before stating clearly.

"Lost soul of the day, you may enter."

"Oh? So Caelica sent you here?" Kokonoe shot back with a teasing smirk "If she really did, then you MUST have some issues to sort out."

Regarding Ragna's request to skip out, she sighed and shook her head "Sorry, Ragna. No can do. It'll reflect badly on my record if I let you go right now."

Her lips curled into a slight smirk as she continued on "And what would dear old Caelica say? I mean, even I can't blatantly lie to such a cute, innocent face. It'd break her heart, as well as mine."

"Well for starters..." Kokonoe spoke in her usual business-like tone as she took out her notepad "I'd like to ask how things are between you and Caelica."

"Well enough?" Kokonoe's brow arched, the earlier smirk haven't diminishing even a little bit "I'd like to have a clearer definition than 'well enough', if you don't mind. Sounds pretty vague if you ask me."

Oh, she was going to enjoy this.

"So you two are finally going out?" Kokonoe acted as if she was in total shock "What took you so long, damn it?!"

After composing herself, the Chief Scientist then gave Ragna a studying glance "So, have you done any couple stuff yet?"

"Geez, that's all you do?" Kokonoe inquired, her eyebrow understandably raised due to the fact that he simply hasn't done anything to woo her aunt. "I'm sure you can use your, as the Rabbit would say, 'your woefully below-average intelligence' to come up with something!"

At that, she slapped her desktop with that same fire in her eyes when Mai consulted her earlier "Do something nice for her, damn it! Bring her flowers! Bring her to some fancy restaurant! Take her to the movies! That kind of shit!"

"Good!"

Kokonoe nodded with a satisfied grin. "The thing about us girls: We LIKE to be romanced. We like it when a guy goes out of his way to make us feel special, even if some of us out there don't look like it. I guess we can blame fairy tales and shit, but it's a fact of life."

The beastkin scientist nodded sagely, then pointed towards the door "Now go out there and romance my aunt!"

A quick check of her wristwatch.... yup, it was about time. Five minutes early, but what the hell.
She blinked in suprise as Ragna the Bloodedge walked past her- her first instinct was to track him, and follow him where he might go, but... today, she should really stay out of trouble.
As such, she turned and remained on track like a railroad, heading to Kokonoe`s door to knock on it firmly. Once, twice, three times, then she slowly opened the door to peek inside.
"...can i come in already? I`m five minutes ahead of the scheduled date, but..."
Knowing Kokonoe she probably didn´t even remember taking any appointments.

"See ya around, asswipe." Kokonoe chuckled as she watched Ragna leave. After taking note to remind her to send him his bill later, she proceeded to turn on Starcraft II on her desktop computer.

"Now..." She grinned evilly as she logged in "Let's see if I can beat you today, Mizuki!"

At least, that was her intention until she saw another customer. "Oh, that's cool-"

She stopped herself once she saw the customer. Her eye twitched as she noted that she looked too much like a certain person she loathed for her taste.

Haruka swallowed deeply, her face faltering as she noticed Kokonoe´s expression. She didn´t need a degree in psychology to guess what was going through that woman`s head just then.
"Uhm, yes." She pushed the door open and came inside, taking off her hat as she did so, and bowing briefly.
"...you can probably guess my problem. ...Wait, no, you can´t. Its NOT -I am a sociopathic murderer turned into a woman, and now i cannot get laid with the Imperator-. Its rather more among the lines of -my so called brother is a fucking maniac, and i´ve had it, i can no longer do this. How do i get rid of him.- I figured you were the best person to turn to."
She looked over to the comfy looking couch, and pointed over.
"...Can i take a seat, yes?"

"So you wanna kill Terumi, eh..."

Kokonoe kept a skeptical gaze trailed at the woman before her "How do I know you're not him in a chick's body? He's very likely to do something as crazy as that."

Haruka looked at her while she took a seat, folding her hands in her lap.
"Try me. Besides, would he pass an opportunity to make your life miserable, would he have the chance? You´d probably be dead by now, the way your back was turned earlier."
She stared from fact, a bit depressed as her problem only got worse. Yes, her main problem was her appearance. She looked like a mass murderer.

"If you say so..." Kokonoe sighed, deciding to trust the girl's judgement and offered her a seat. "So, how do you want me to help?"

Haruka sighed at last, as the Professor seemed to believe her... for now. That would make things easier.
"Well, if you don´t want to kill him yourself you could always help me. I feel like a broken wreck at this point, having endured the whims of that guy for the last seven years. I can´t even look at eggs anymore without thinking of the face he makes when he eats them. ...or rather, swallows them."
She shuddered, imagineing it in her head.
"Not just that, but everyone sees my face and thinks of him. That makes it even worse."
She sighed a bit, before looking up again.
"Thats not gonna be easy is it?"

"From what you're telling me, it ain't." Kokonoe sighed as she shook her head, her arms crossing over her chest "For starters, if it were that easy to kill Terumi, I'd have done it years ago!"

She stopped to pop a Ferrero Roche into her mouth, letting the creamy chocolate linger in her mouth before continuing "As for the second part...might I suggest an image change?"