Flying V’s R&D department lives in the overlap between nerd culture, technology, and performance. Whether through audiofiction, Nerdlesque, a community Discord server, or a living documents narrative, R&D expands traditional concepts of art, community, and expression into something both oddly familiar and daringly uncharted. Via this ongoing exploration of humanity, R&D posits that the digital experience is a growing relatable constant in said humanity, and a major source of modern mythology. Thus, the R&D department, whether through entertainment, education, or elevation, seeks to embrace all facets of our modern experience to tell the story of us, now.