A/N: Haha lol, have this hot mess of a draft that I wrote, and pretend it's Katie's writing. Just pretend it's actually great, okay? Do I have the same problem as her? I just realized I haven't shown her character flaws nearly enough. Anyways, this topic will likely be irrelevant or the idea will be done already by the time I post this, but here you go. Have an in-universe explanation for Bright/Shaw's name change. She's just using the Kaktusverse name because it's become widely accepted, I do not necessarily have an opinion.
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A note from RAISA: This video recording was found on a USB hard drive in Dr. Elias Shaw's office on █/█/████. Shaw claims to have never recorded such footage, and mnestic therapy has yielded no results.
Transcript:
(Video begins with a close-up of Shaw's face.)
(Shaw sighs.)
(The sounds of adjustments can be heard, and the camera zooms out. Shaw is wearing a name tag reading "Dr. Jack Bright, level 4 researcher," and a ruby medallion replaces SCP-0963. Shaw is in the body of a Caucasian male of indeterminate age.)
So, hi. If you're watching this, I'm really, really sorry. Anyways, I'm...I don't know who I am anymore. I've decided I'm going by Elias Shaw now. Can you please call me that? It's just...times have been hard. As you can see, my office setup is different lately, and...
(Shaw sniffles, holding back tears. They take a deep breath and appear to recompose themselves afterwards.)
Sorry. I can't just pretend this is a stupid YouTube apology video. I truly, truly mean this. Okay, stay professional, Jack. Before this reality change happens, my name is Doctor Jack Bright, my siblings are Claire, Mikell, Sarah—I mean 321, and 590. TJ. Thomas Jack Bright. I can finally say that. My parents are Adam and Evelyn Bright. I can speak fluent Hebrew and English. I'm bound to 963, and there's...there's 280 things I'm not allowed to do.
(Abner sighs.)
My daughter, Mary, one of the Pataphysics people, she—she told me. About Author Bright, and that made me realize I...I was a piece of [EXPLETIVE]. I've done way worse, and I never took it seriously, but I just realized...god, I never thought I'd be morally conflicted, even at the Foundation. But, yeah. That's part of the reason I'm going to change my name. I've gone so long without something like this, and I'm what, 100 now? I've lost count, I just don't care anymore! Time is meaningless to me!
(Shaw appears to get heavily emotional and more tears start to form. A white light is seen in the background.)
Dammit! Stupid tears! Huh? Oh god, it's happening already? I thought I still had time! I-I remember differently now. Was my whole life a lie? I feel like I've lived two lifetimes, that I have four parents, god. I'm still keeping this tape, but in a few seconds everything will be different. My name will have always been Elias Shaw, I will have always had heterochromia, and the amulet will have always been different. And I won't share a name with an extremely [EXPLETIVE]ed up person. What's real? I'm not even sure anymore. If you're watching this, please tell everyone I'm sorry. I hope—I hope you'll all forgive me.
[END LOG]
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