Therestina Kihara Lifeline

Telestina Kihara Lifeline is an antagonist in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime.

Appearance
Telestina is a woman with wavy orange hair which is most of the time gathered into a ponytail. She is shown to have glamorous proportions and is "well-endowed" as well. She also wears a pair of glasses.

In her office attire, she wears a dark-colored coat and a pencil skirt with the same colors. Black stockings and high-heeled shoes complete her outfit.

Background
Telestina is introduced as an unnamed character after the events in Episode 12. Later on, she is introduced once again as one of the speakers in the joint meeting held by Anti-Skill and Judgment in Episode 20.

She is the leader of Multi-Active Rescue, a peace-and-order organization in Academy City which acts as a response team in high-risk situations. Also, she is on operator of the MAR units used for their operations. Despite being a high-ranking official in MAR, she is shown to have interest in childish things, like her occasional consumption of candies and her collection of objects which are favorable for children.

Although she is shown to be friendly and soft-spoken towards other people, she is sometimes shown to smirk at random occasions, mostly in an evil manner. It is revealed that she is the first test subject of her grandfather's experiment that involved the use of the "crystallized esper essence". She is the main antagonist of the 2nd story arc of the anime, in which she planned on using the comatose Child Error students of Kiyama Harumi in an effort to complete her grandfather's experiments. In the end she is defeated by Misaka Mikoto and company and is taken into custody for interrogation.