The pit works in mysterious ways

Greg Pikitis

Olivia was watching Leslie mapping out every route that Gerg Pikitis could take to the statue this year. Olivia was invested in the catching of Pikitis, but not nearly as much as Leslie was. It was an obsession at this point. It was fun to watch her sister go crazy every year around halloween. Ann walked through the doors to the city hall courtyard where the sisters were.

"Check this out. These are all the possible routes from Greg Pikitis' house to the statue." Leslie shows Ann all her hard work.

"That looks like something you would find on the wall of a serial killer." Ann retros.

Olivia looked at Ann and was conflicted. She was mad at Andy a week ago for lying to her about the lawsuit, yes. But for a moment Olivia remembered the way her chest tightened when we mentioned that he did it for Ann. Maybe it was the fact that Andy would choose Ann over Olivia, or maybe that was the...Jealousy talking. It was jealousy no matter how little Olivia wanted to admit it to herself.

But this wasn't jealousy she was familiar with, it felt worse, almost evil. Olivia was jealous when Leslie was awarded the deputy director position at the parks and recreation department for a little while. But she never was mad at Leslie and it went away quickly. This jealousy lingerd and from time to time Olivia would be upset with Ann, for something Ann had no control over and was just as mad about as Olivia.

Olivia straightened it out herself and would never act on those small pockets of jealousy, but she could never figure out why she was so jealous in the first place over Andy choosing Ann...

"In a way, that's a compliment. Shows dedication." Leslie speaking breaks Olivia out of her train of thought.

"What's the big deal, anyway? I mean, a kid TPs some statue."

"And all the trees and all the benches. It takes us, like, 10 days to clean his mess up. But more importantly, Greg Pikitis sucks, and I wanna destroy him." Leslie vows.

"And I like watching Leslie slowly be absorbed by madness." Olivia adds.

"Okay. Well, if you destroy him early and watch people fall into insanity please come by." Ann says leaving to get started on her halloween party.

But no one noticed Greg Pikitis slip by in a janitor uniform into the office.

~~~

As Olivia, Leslie, Andy, and Leslie boy toy cop Dave stand outside looking at a statue of some irrelevant Pawnee man, Leslie monologues.

"Uh, William Percy. One of Pawnee's greatest mayors. And a true hero. During the Pawnee Bread Factory fire of 1922, he ran back into a burning building and saved the beloved secret recipe for Pawnee Pumpernickel."

"Didn't, like, 30 people die in that fire?" Dave asks realistically.

"He wasn't Superman." Leslie replays also realistically.

Andy points to the statue, specifically its huge mustache. "He looks like Ron Swanson. Is that who this is based on?" he asks.

"It does look like Ron, Andy." Olivia says while patting Anys arm with one hand, another still in her coat pocket.

"No. It's based on William Percy. Were you listening to what I just said?"

Andy stares at Leslie before saying, "yes." But then turns around to face Olivia and shakes his head vigorously, telling the truth. Olivia smiles at her the loveable idot.

"Okay, Andy. Good news. You're officially on the Parks Department payroll. $8 an hour." Olivia tells the good news causing him to cheer adorably loudly.

Leslie whips out a photo of a high schooler. "Commit this to memory." Andy stares at the photo seriously. "You see him, you stop him. Knock his head off if you have to."