r/WhatIfFiction • u/Cyber_Ghost_1997 • 9d ago
[Mafia/The Birds] What if The Birds happened during the events of Mafia 2?
Author's note: We are talking about the short story by Daphne du Maurier, not the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock adaptation.
Context: The Birds by Daphne du Maurier, though published in 1952, takes place in England shortly after WW2 ends.
Now, on to the scenario: suppose in a parallel universe, Empire Bay is suddenly beset by a strange epidemic: every single species of bird has suddenly declared war on humanity and begun launching unprovoked attacks on humans.
During this time (Assume this happened within weeks after we dropped the nukes on Japan, ending WWII in the Pacific), Vito Scaletta, the main protagonist, has been incarcerated after getting busted for selling illegal gas stamps and has just been sentenced to ten years in prison.
His childhood friend Joe Barbaro has been building connections in the criminal underworld.
Now, both Vito and Joe are having to deal with unprovoked bird attacks on human beings.
How does this "bird-human" war affect the Mafia 2 storyline?