Unspeakable Hard Drive
Description: currently, a 500 gig hard drive (Windows compatible) encased in an external hard drive shell. The hard drive itself is defective, thanks to a burnt-out motor, but can still be restored by a competent technician with the right tools. The outer shell has been painstakingly engraved with a variety of unknown symbols; staring too long at the inscriptions seems to neutralize the viewer’s current emotional state, in a manner that does not seem either entirely safe, or even ultimately desirable.
The Unspeakable Hard Drive (UHD) reputedly first belonged to a famous and beloved author; the various legends associated with the UHD attribute ownership to a variety of writers, both living and dead (obviously, the UHD has only been around for a decade or so). The drive reputedly holds unique ‘forbidden knowledge.’ Again, legends vary as to what’s in the damned thing*: