Matsushi Hamako

Hamako Matsushi (松詩はまこ Matsushi Hamako) is a Puella Magi OC created by Vibratober.

Background
Hamako has always had a knack for poems. She loved the feeling you can get when you finished reading it, always pondering on what the poem could mean or how it could be interpreted in real life. She remembered staying up and waiting for her father to read her a poem to ease her into sleeping peaceful and waking up energized the next day. Life was well, as long as she had a poem to read.

In school, she distances herself from the classmates in fear of mixed emotions. She tends to overthink and become anxious, which is why she has no friends. Even if she tried, she couldn't get the words out. However, she writes poems under the alias Tamako (タマコ), which garners the attention of some of her fellow classmates. They were never really good, according to her classmates, but she believes that, no matter how much practice she garners, she can never rival those of the poets she listens to. She is actually satisfied by that. She gets to enjoy poems. And, as long as she had those, living life in Murihama City just seemed so much more peaceful.

Unfortunately, it all came to screeching halt.

One day, she laid by the bed, staying up with a smile on her face. She was waiting on her father to read her a poem, like how he normally would. Unfortunately, after an hour of waiting in bed, he was nowhere to be seen. Hamako still held on to hope, waiting for her father. Another hour passed, and it was past midnight. Hamako didn't care that she would be sluggish for school the next day. Then, in a twist, her mother came in. But instead of having a smile on her face, it was a face of concern. Tears came out, even if she tried to hold them back. Hamako curiously asked her, "Where's Papa?" Remaining silent, her mother handed her a piece of paper. On that piece of paper, it was a poem. Written in sloppy jet-black ink, she read the poem, still oblivious to the fact that something could've happened to her father. After reading the poem, she felt...sad. As if she...lost someone. "No... NO!," she screamed. Her mother calmed her down and explained to her daughter: her father fell ill after working for so long. He was injured so many times over, but tried to disguise and take care of his family. Even if she noticed, he would keep saying, "It's fine, honey," and get defensive if she tried to ask and help. Unfortunately, the "minuscular" injuries got a hold of him, making him more clumsy and come down with pneumonia in the following winter. Trying to hide it and be with his daughter, he tried to suppress it too. But, on that night, he left a note for his wife and daughter, in a form of a one-page sonnet. He was gone.

Hamako couldn't believe her ears. She wailed and cried all night, getting no sleep. She had no more poems to go to sleep to, and therefore saw no reason to enjoy life anymore. She stopped posting poems under her alias, and vowed to never look at poems the same again. She simply saw them as words on a paper. Without someone to understand them with, she felt nothing.

On another day, Hamako was walking home from school, only to find two strangers on opposite sides of her mom. A female, and a male slightly taller than her. Looking confused, her mother explained that she is getting adopted. With more tears in her eyes, she explained that she cannot grasp the loss of her husband and didn't want Hamako to watch her mother fall to madness. She also expressed that she can't supply for Hamako anymore, so she is allowing someone else better suited to take care of her. Hamako slightly nodded and gave her mother one more hug, sharing the sadness of the man they loved. They held hands until they separated, with Hamako's mother waving goodbye before she wept in secret.

Hamako's new family tried to welcome her in her family. Unfortunately, still grief-stricken over the loss of both parents, Hamako became mute. She didn't eat and barely slept. During dinner one night, when Hamako barely ate as per usual, her brother presents something in front of her. She looks up slightly to see her "brother", looking on with gentle eyes. Upon reading the poems, there is sloppy writing. But, instead of black ink, it is written in blue ink. She read it in silence, and looked up again. Still staring, Hamako rips the paper into multiple pieces and ran upstairs to lock herself in her room. She cried, thinking about her father and her mother.

Then, in the moonlight, she saw Kyubey. "Are you Hamako Matsushi?"

Silence. "You are, aren't you? Well, I want to make a deal with you?"

Silence. "I heard what happened to your father. But I don't think he'd want you to give up. He loves you too much to do that."

Silence, but a head turn. "How would you like to make a contract with me? I can restore your love for poetry..."

Hamako scoots closer. "But you have to say something for me to grant it. I can't create a contract without a wish."

She ponders. She knows how much she hates poems, but the poem that she tore up had words. Words in blue ink. Words...that were peaceful. Words that only she would understand.

Upon opening her mouth, she softly declares. "I want people to feel through my poems."

Ability
Because of her wish, she has the ability to write poems that can influence people to feel what she was feeling when she wrote them. Although the students who read them like them (or hate them), they still don't know who wrote them.

Witch/Doppel
"Dymphna, the Doppel/Witch of the Unknown. It's in the form of a toddler. Oblivious to the world around her, the master of this emotion escapes in her childish doppel form. Ironically, despite its childlike appearance, it is more mature than its master. It is very aware of anything that meets its eyes. Once you’re in its sight, it will block your way and read a poem to you. If you refuse to listen, the toddler’s feelings will be hurt and will go on a rampage torturing you until you finally listen to it. If you do listen to the poems, you have to genuinely react to them. If you don’t (in which it WILL find out if you don’t), it will toss you aside to its minions who each have their own ways of killing you. (If it was a witch, its minions would appear: Hap, Sa, Ang, Jea, Fea. All based on emotions, and, if tossed with them, they will kill you in their own way)"

Matsushi

 * 松 (kun: まつ, on: ショウ/matsu or shou) - pine tree, pine, 1st of 3 places
 * 詩 (kun: うた, on: シ/ uta or shi) - poem, poetry, verse

Hamako

 * Although written in Hiragana, Hamako can be translated to:
 * Hama (はま) - seacoast/beach (浜), shore (濵), or riverbank (濱)
 * Ko (こ) - child (子), individual (個), lake (in place names) (湖), or small (小)

Trivia
'This is property of Vibratober. Please do not use this character unless you ask.'
 * Hamako's doppel's name, Dymphna, is derived from a well-known poet of the same name who lived in the 7th century.
 * Dymphna derives from the Irish damh ("poet"), with the suffix -ait ("little" or "feminine").
 * Females are also more sensitive than males, which further ties in her name.
 * In her Magical Girl form, her clothes resemble that of a Medieval poet.
 * Hamako's motif color is brown.
 * She uses the pronoun "watashi" (ワタシ). Although written in Katakana, it is still the common way of saying "I/me/I'm/etc."
 * Her birthday is September 11, but it is not related to the meaning of 9/11. It is more for the angel 911, which represents awareness of her gifts and encourages you to follow your dreams.
 * This also makes her a Virgo. Virgos are known to be intellectual and hesitant to get excited.
 * Hamako's favorite poems to read/listen to are ambiguous poems.
 * After making her wish, she still writes with the alias Tamako.