Maiyami "Alternate M" Harikani

Maiyami, or by her nickname, "Alternate M." is a supporting character in The Seattle Chronicles. And is one of the nicer Alternate versions of Mai Harikani.
== Personality ==
Maiyami started off as a paranoid and scared individual, but now she usually appears as a happy go lucky individual for most of the time, but at some points her personality will "snap" to a more sad, belligerent personality, this personality is triggered when she injects herself with heroin. She is an emotionally broken individual that doesn't seem to understand what's right or wrong, for example, when she was berated by her ex-bandmate for how terrible her music was, she believed she was right and was emotionally torn. She also can be manipulated fairly easily. 
"Grunge is dead, My band is dead, there's only one option left."
Alternate M's words before committing suicide 
Maiyami seems to have a lower IQ than Nozomi Cobain. she also acts like a child at some points, believing anything anyone tells her. She also is a massive fan of grunge music. starting a band when she was 13 years old.and being successful before getting kicked out of her own band due to "complications" She is also a heroin junkie. While her close friend Alternate Nozomi has begun to slow down, Maiyami refuses to stop. And keeps a huge supply of heroin in her closet, injecting herself with heroin when nobody is looking. She also displays signs of psychosis. but no matter what anyone says to her, she doesn't believe them, Despite her having psychosis episodes at complete random. 
== Appearance ==
Maiyami appears as a clone of Mai Harikani, but with bleached hair and is shorter than Mai herself. only being around 180 centimeters compared to Mai's 182 centimeters. Her band attire is of a Pastel outfit. consisting of a purple polo shirt with a pink leather jacket, a short pink skirt, white thigh socks and pink loafers, she also has a white hairband in her hair. Her normal attire either consist of a schoolgirl outfit or a navy blue T-shirt and purple short shorts.. 
== Backstory ==
Maiyami was born alongside her twin brother, Deimos on March 26th, 2000. In San Diego, California. In a closet. Her own mother was too weak to take care of her, so she was taken in by one of Julia’s close friends. The friend would later begin tormenting her and her brother until her brother passed away at the age of 5 due to the abuse. Maiyami’s biological mother committed suicide around this time, leaving her completely without biological parents. Maiyami was unable to read nor study due to her adoptive mother forbidding her from learning anything, being constantly referred to as a “freak” whenever she tried. This culminated in Maiyami, often crawling out of her bedroom window to walk 3 miles to the college near her home. Which served as her only form of education for two years, but despite this. She did not seem to learn anything because of her incredibly poor IQ. 
This process continued on until 2011, Maiyami reached 11 years old, and she was kicked out of the house. Maiyami wandered the streets of San Diego as a homeless vagrant. Sleeping in dumpsters and in cardboard boxes whenever she could. A couple days later, she encountered a 16-year-old skater named Nazomi. Maiyami learned that Nazomi was closely related to Kurt Cobain, a grunge singer she frequently listened to. Amazed by this. She proposed starting a band to which Nazomi agreed on. They both became good friends afterward, with Nazomi occasionally teaching Maiyami how to skate. Maiyami did not exactly understand it but Nazomi still taught her regardless.
Around this time, she tried to get a job, but she was rejected multiple times due to not understanding the work ethic, and for her extremely low IQ. She did managed to land a job as a cashier at a local gas station a few blocks from the skate park. That gas station eventually turned into her home, where the employees would find her sleeping constantly behind the counter in a sleeping bag. A habit that she would carry for the rest of her life. The employees never decided to fire her at all due to the relation she had to Nazomi. So, they let her stay.
Maiyami soon quit her job in 2013 when she started her band alongside Nazomi. Maiyami was terrible at playing, so she practiced while Nazomi looked for members. The one positive quality about Maiyami is that she had a great singing voice. Maiyami eventually got a member named Paul, but he simply wanted to be backup just in case the drummer got sick, which Maiyami and Nozomi were fine with. Nazomi eventually created a pastel outfit for Maiyami as a sort of friendship token. This deepened their friendship immensely. And caused Maiyami to be inspired by Nazomi more and more. Maiyami eventually met a street punk named Gemma. Who became their drummer. Maiyami became the lead singer while Nazomi provided backing vocals as well as being the bassist. The name for the band was the hard part, Nazomi and Gemma fought over naming the band either “Killabyte” or “Children in My Walls” While Maiyami quietly thought of naming it “Flower Flow” The name “Flower Flow” was eventually settled on. Gemma and Nazomi’s bickering often resulted in physical and verbal fights breaking out constantly between the two. Where Maiyami would have to constantly break up.
During this time, Gemma would gain some sort of distaste toward Maiyami. Often vilifying her in front of venues they performed at and during visits and autograph signings. Causing Maiyami to fall into a deep depression, in which Nazomi offered to sing in her place. To which Maiyami agreed. Maiyami changed the name of the band from “Flower Flow” to “Ethereal Divinity” and the band continued on as usual, albeit with more vilification toward Maiyami from Gemma, which eventually turned into physical abuse and sexual harassment.
The band finally shattered when on Halloween in 2013, 10 years after the band’s formation, and the release of their fourth album, “To the Wall of Fate”. During one of their concerts, Maiyami had enough and left the band, walking off the stage and breaking her guitar. not wanting to endure more of Gemma’s abuse. Gemma immediately renamed the band to “Divine Flowers” days later. which served to mock Maiyami’s departure. Maiyami eventually vanished and was declared missing days later. Divine Flowers released their fifth album, titled “Just Nothing to Worry Of” in June of 2014. which received massive backlash due to the absence of Maiyami. And after having enough of Gemma, as well as worriment for her closest friend’s wellbeing, Nazomi snapped and brutally beat Gemma into unconsciousness with her guitar. Breaking it and officially dissolving the band.
Maiyami had been hiding out in a shack around this time, having left the venue in the middle of a blizzard, and after nearly dying of hypothermia she eventually survived and started living in there during her time missing.
== History ==
Maiyami first appeared in the series as a target Mai was hunting down, due to Alternate M having a bounty on her head. She was found wandering the streets of North Carolina. before being approached by Mai and Nozomi Cobain. She panicked and tried to hit Mai with a pipe, but missed, and ended up getting knocked out by Nozomi with a coat hanger. 
Maiyami was then thrown onto a plane headed to Nevada, but somehow fell out of the plane and landed in a shed in the middle of Nevada. After being rescued by Nick, one of Hugh.s friends. She was brought to Maitopia to seek shelter, but was blamed for the reasons behind them getting bombarded. 
she fled and went to Mai's house where Mai kept her in her house, Mai intended to kill her there but first wanted to manipulate her. Mai started trying to make Maiyami feel safe around her, so she could kill her later. It worked. and Alternate M was feeling safe under her. After that they were suddenly bombarded by Redeemers, a cult that worshipped Drefku. After escaping the cult, Maiyami was critically injured and had to be taken to the hospital. after recovering, she was approached by an old bandmate and berated. during that, she snapped and killed them and escaped to the forest. after being talked to by Hugh. she went back and attempted to kill herself by hangigng, which she was successful. but she was later revived. 
After Mai Harikani's psychopathy was purged. Maiyami was a little friendlier toward her. but still nervous around her. she also gained the ability to turn into a catgirl whenever someone patted her head by the ACD.