Jacqueline squealed, nearly drawing blood as she bit into her own lip.  "Shit!  Shit on a cracker!  What do I do now?  Okay, let's think.  Not one of my strong suits.  Well, she's not spraying insecticide or going thermonuclear, so that means she's not a lunatic.  Probably.  Okay..."  She pursed her lips, Harold twittering expectantly behind her for some flash of genius.  "...I got nothing.  The beetle chirped disapprovingly, earning a pathetic look from its mother.  "Well fine, do<em>you</em>have any bright ideas?"<br/><br/>Once again Jackie seemed to be underestimating her own creation.  The moment Petra began speaking Geopps had halted its upward advance and opened its eyes again.  In under a second the illusion was temporarily broken, its dozens of legs unfurling and its leaf-like wing tucked away again.  It raised its foremost right limb and held its claws apart just enough to mimic a peace symbol, which it immediately crossed over its heart.  Or where a heart would probably be on a normal bug.  It twittered once and tapped at the headset, then gestured to its own eyes, then to the party, and finally waved its hands horizontally.  A keener mind would eventually decipher the basic message: "No harm meant, just spectating."