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Nice work, I like it. There are a few issues I have, although they're all minor:
The Special Containment Procedures should probably have something stating that SCP-4986 has been classified as Neutralized, and the current Special Containment should be either crossed-out or put under an "Archived Containment Procedures" collapsible, since there's no reason for the Foundation to have the procedures there as if they're currently relevant, as I'm sure they'd like to take any confusion that they possibly can out of it (the stuff they work with is confusing enough eyyyyyy).
Also, there are a few awkward sentences, although the one that stuck out to me the most was
This entity by unknown means is able to deliver letters and packages of varying sizes directly to Researcher Jordan Kyle’s office at Site 28 without detection.
which would probably work better if "by unknown means" was at the end of the sentence.
I really enjoyed the story you told through the different letters listed. As well, you really kept the view point of the foundation, on what they would or wouldn't know. I see really often, in SCPs formatted like this, where they include information The Foundation couldn't know, or those involved wouldn't have revealed to anyone.
Other than minor grammar… not issues, but ways I would word stuff differently, like Marx-ling said, it was really good.
Anyways +1 from me!
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EDIT: The image has been sourced and is cc-compliant.
Mm Mm Good
… That's not what they mean by image source in this scenario. They mean, where you got it from. From what I can tell, what you posted isn't a valid web address.
I believe the image used is in the public domain. I found a picture on wikipedia commons that seems practically identical:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stamp_US_1890_2c_Washington.jpg
If this isn’t the same picture then hey, here’s an identical alternative.
It wasn't a URL, it was the raw image data encoded using base64. So they did post the "source", just a bit more literally than Elogee intended.
There were some minor issues that initially moved me to downvote. But the tone of the letters is nice and more than made up for some small things which could be fixed in like…idk 5 minutes.
+1
I love this concept! You absolutely nailed the pacing in the letters. Just the right amount of escalation in each one.
I found that the "report" sections didn't flow as well as the letters. My suggestions are:
For example, we can take this section…
If anyone besides Researcher Jordan reads instances of SCP-4986-1 another instance of SCP-4986-1 will appear within 24 hours with writing on the front saying “With Concern, From a Friend”. SCP-4986-1 instances with this writing will always possess an unidentified poison contained within the letter and an angry note from SCP-4986. This does not occur if Researcher Jordan records what is in the letters onto a separate document.
…and see what you think of this, instead!
If anyone besides Researcher Jordan reads an instance of SCP-4986-1, another instance of SCP-4986-1 will appear within 24 hours. The writing on the front of the new instance will read: “With Concern, From a Friend”. SCP-4986-1 instances with this writing will always possess an unidentified poison contained within the envelope. The language in the letter will be insulting toward Researcher Jordan. This does not occur if the contents of the letter are recorded in a separate document.
Am I missing the reason the dates jumped from Monday, April 13th to Tuesday, April 15th? As far as I can tell, the rest line up with the 15th.
There were a number of issues with the tone and phrasing. Several sections contained unnecessary details, or were phrased in a less-than-clinical way, or were just kind of awkward.
But the story was really engaging and flowed nicely, and for that I gave it a +1.
Now I really want to know what the backstory of 4986's motives are: How it's aware of Dr Kyle, why it started sending the letters.
Is there an oblique reference to another skip that I'm missing? (One that would make me say "ahh! I'll be that's _!" If I knew about it?) Or is it intended to be impossible to figure out?
EDIT: Some of the information (but not all of it) in this comment is now outdated. Some of these gripes have been addressed in a revision. I am therefore changing my downvote to a novote.
Hmm… The image's caption is incorrect, as it says it is included with every SCP-4986 instance; April 24th, 2003's entry clearly states no postage was included.
Additionally, the last entry is so poorly written that I initially thought it was vandalism.
██ Liters of blood with a radiation levels upwards of 1████ mSv
M██████████ in northern N██ ██████ coordinates 4█.█████ -7█.██████ -█.███████
Dear God, just cut it. This last entry is so aggressively bad that it has retroactively soured the rest of the article.
Because of these reasons, I'm giving this a -1 without hesitation.
Simple idea, and a good way to tell a story through it +1
