Need to locate my story files from a recovered HD. Where does Story keep my data locally?

I was working locally on an OSX machine and the OS corrupted the drive.
I was able to restore all my applications, and it looks like much of my data.
I am not sure if the OS is still intact on the drive, and I am not going to test that at this time. I need to secure my data first.
I need to do something very simple: find the work I was during with Story on this machine.
I mounted this drive on another OSX machine with Story, and opened my original install of Story (from the mounted, recovered HD) and instead of loading the work I had done on the recovered HD, it opened the work I was doing on the master system.
Where is my work? How can I access it?
Thank you for your time.

Rohit,
Thanks for the hands on user support.
I solved the problem the day after I posted this, but I thought I would update you.
I had to end up manually restoring the file structure of my HD and repairing the permissions so I could boot it up in environment that Story could recognize as the User that authored the files.
It turns out that doing that was far easier (it wasn't easy) than performing the most basic function of file managment with story: locating saved a work file.
I understand that story is designed to innovate the way scripts are socially available to collaborators, but it just seems backwards to not have basic functions like locale save instances.
I just sold my screenplay (awesome!) but sadly I will not be using story any further.
basic things like this simply arent possible with it: i shouldnt have to email a folder to a technician to extract work I did.
thanks for your time, though. take care.

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