So the mayor and Tom eventually died in their captivity and went to heaven.
God greeted them, and said "I'm sorry, gentlemen, but your big, red, ugly mansions aren't ready yet. Until they are, I can send you back to Earth as whatever you want to be."
"Great!" said the Mayor, "I want to be an eagle soaring above beautiful scenery, because the devs never supplied that in my game!"
"No problem," replied God, and POOF! The mayor was gone and became an eagle.
"And what do you want to be," God asked Tom.
"I'd like to be one cool stud going places, instead of just hanging out at the market with the same old pick-up line!" was the reply.
"Easy," replied God, and Tom was gone to his new life as a stud.
After a few months, the release date came and their mansions were finished, and God sent an angel/avatar to fetch them back.
"You'll find them easily," God tells the angel/avatar, "One of them is soaring above the Grand Canyon, and the other one is on a snow tire somewhere in Detroit!"
