Later while staying in the Village of Fowl Devotees in "The Vile Village", the Baudelaires hear that the two of them are dating. Besides being Olaf's girlfriend, Esmé acts as one of his henchmen, although always within the limits of what is "in" at the time, a term which here means something that is fashionable and popular. During this time, Esmé Squalor poses as a police officer named Officer Luciana. When Esmé accidentally harms one of the V.F.D. crows in violation of the Village of Fowl Devotees' #1 rule of not harming crows as well as the use of a mechanical device like a harpoon gun, she and Count Olaf (acting as Detective Dupin) are forced to flee the villagers.