Chapter 1: Status The city is named Hyde’s Park. It’s a stupid name and what makes it even stupider is the fact that there is a park in the middle of this podunk town called Hyde’s Park. It confuses everybody. The worst thing about the park is that it’s the most interesting place in all of Hyde’s Park. The population has never actually been over ten thousand and it was currently reaching a record low: about five-thousand. The decline made a lot of sense. After the completion of the highway, people now had an easy exit route to Providence. “So what?” “We don't have a coffee pot.” “Last time?”