According to people who have definitely not been promoted into a building site by accident, a seagull in smart gloves could be the next great influence on Vice City’s pier diplomacy.

The argument is simple: once a bird acquires accessories, it also acquires expectations. And once those expectations are ignored, bins are opened, umbrellas are stolen and sandwich policies begin to shift.

Analysts claim the gloves imply a new era of waterfront professionalism, one in which dropped snacks are handled with ‘formal notice’ rather than outright panic.

The seagull is believed to represent a broader trend toward highly organised nonsense, where every passing character must appear to know exactly where the crisps are kept.

In practical terms, this may mean more boss fights near the arcade, fewer moral questions near the fish stall and a sharp rise in ceremonial squawking at dusk.

Still, nobody should confuse this with any kind of real-world information. It is just a made-up theory about a made-up bird in a made-up city, which frankly is how the best papers are written anyway.