"I
am the instructor of the phys. ed. class at the school," the woman
says. "I am also in charge of the botanical garden. I can't stand
leaving things half done like Viluy did. I am Tellu, level 404,
and I will obtain the highest quality souls. At the master's request,
the souls of the sailor soldiers. Then I will bring the power that
resembles the Taioron Crystal!" These are the words Tellu says at
her initial appearance.
Tellu
is the fourth of the witches 5 who appears first in act 28, tankubon
8. [cover picture] She sells special plants from infinity school
which she so cleverly names "tellurians". Mako-chan, her
senshi counterpart (hence the green) worries because she has neither
seen nor heard of tellurians before.
Mako-chan
buys Tellu's plant. It blooms very early and Mako is surprised,
but is also suddenly very drowsy. All of the other plants in her
house have mysteriously withered. Mako cuts through the tellurian
and gases fill the air. She goes to investigate.
"They
enter the Infinity botanical garden. "It's just like a jungle,"
says Makoto."
People
lay collapsed everywhere and there are pink flowers all over the
place. "Heh heh heh... The highest quality life energy. Carriers
of the planets' protection," Tellu says. "The sailor soldiers themselves.
How lucky that you've come here. Heh heh. The tellurians are the
alter self of me, Tellu. I soak up life energy with my beautifully
crafted flowers. The mass of humans' life energy, their souls, absorbed.
If I offer the flowers, the master will be pleased, and I will be
granted the position of Magus, like Kaolinite!"
Meanwhile,
Setsuna's energy is being drained by a tellurian flower which she
seems to be researching. Her forehead glows with her symbol, then
at the same time, Haruka and Michiru's foreheads also glow. They
transform into Sailorsenshi and save Setsuna.
Back
at the lab, the Sailor Senshi have transformed and Tellu witnesses
their transformations.
"You've
shown your true selves!" Tellu says. "The Sailor Soldiers, carriers
of the planets' protection. I am Tellu, level 404, and I will take
your souls, and the power similar to the Taioron Crystal! I will
tear your bodies into pieces and use them as fertilizer! Mandragora
Buster!"
Jupiter
and Moon attack Tellu, but all it really does is throw her back.
Chibi-usa gains her super sailor powers from Luna-P, which turns
into a wand. She uses her Pink Sugar Heart attack against Tellu
and it mutates her into a monster. The outer senshi show up and
Pluto destroys Tellu with Dead Scream
In
Act 31, Chibi-usa's spirit is stolen to awaken the dark Messiah,
so the Senshi must return to the delta only to see it overgrown
in vines. Rei says abnormal power is making everything go mad. Each
senshi is confronted with their counterpart: Mars against Eudial,
Venus against Mimete, Moon against Cyprine and Pucherol, Mercury
against Viluy, and Jupiter against Tellu.
Jupiter
looks for Sailormoon but she turns to see herself in a greenhouse
instead. Tellu appears and introduces herself. She acts like Mako's
friend and Mako believes her. She convinces Mako to sit down as
the gaseous fumes from her flowers make her forget that she has
to fight; it makes her think she should just lay down in a garden
of roses and be reminded of loved ones. "Wow!" Mako says, "It's
full of roses! La France, the first breed of hybrid T! These are
soleil dolls!" She picks a flower up. "My heart's softening" she
thinks. "What was I coming here to do? I'm so tired... Fighting
is absurd... I want to stay here forever... It's my dream. To spend
a carefree lifetime in a rose garden, with someone I love..."
Chibi
usa and the Outer Senshi begin attacking Sailormoon but they are
only hallucinations. The Outer Senshi are really outside trying
to cut up the plants to save the Sailor soldiers, but nothing happens,
as the plants keep growing. they bust through the barrier with their
talismen and uranus destroys the witches with her space sword and
saves the inner senshi and Sailormoon.
These
are the only times Tellu has appeared in the manga as far as I know
and I have interpreted what has happened to the best of my ability.
If it is not entirely accurate, please let me know and I will do
my best to correct my errors.
For
now though, these are more quotes from the manga.
"teruno
ruru" (Tellu's name in the manga)
"Welcome,
to the Infinity botanical garden. I am its caretaker, Teruno Ruru."
"You
don't need to fight today. Okay? Slowly look around! See!"
"I'm
so sleepy..."
"Yeah, I'm so tired..." They drift off to sleep.
"That smells good..." Makoto thinks. "It's stuffy..."
"Mako-chan."
"Who's that?"
"Mako-chan."
"Nichogi-senpai...?"
"The flowers have bloomed."
"Mako-chan!" Minako calls.
"Huh...?" Makoto sits up.
"I feel weak..."
"Mako-chan! Look at this!"
"What!? The tellurian has already bloomed!? No way!" "Mako-chan!
The plants over there!"
"They've all withered!?"
"Mako-chan!?" Makoto takes a butcher knife and cuts through the
tellurian. Gases fill the air. "That's-!?"
"The people are collapsing! There's pink flowers all over. This
sweet scent of poison... The tellurians!?"
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