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[So, this isn't necessarily an abnormal occurrence really, but it has been a while since the last experiment went completely awry. Really, things have been working out pretty swimmingly for Lucca and her work since she came to Union, but she'd been trying something new, tweaking something existing, and...well...it hadn't quite worked as intended.

So, forgive her frazzled appearance when she pops onto the Warp Band today. There's a gigantic, Golurk sized hole in the wall behind her and her glasses are hanging askew...]

Hey guys? I was...uh...wondering if you could do me a favor. If you happen to come across Gato today, can you gimme a call? Like, as fast as possible? And don't touch him, or really get too close. Something kinda went wrong, and uh...his new belt might be a liiiiittle unstable. More than I initially thought, anyway.

Uh...thanks! Seriously! Call me if you see anything!

[And then she's leaping off the feed, the roar of a Rotomcycle gearing up the only thing audible anymore.]

Action: Union, Residential District and the Southern Gate

[Lucca wasn't kidding when she said Gato was a little bit unstable. The gigantic automaton doesn't seem to be completely able to hold his form properly. Walking through the residential district, the Golurk's size seems to be fluctuating with each step. One stride he'll be his usual nine feet tall, and then another? Barely a two feet. And then another? He'll be somewhere in between. The stone of his body groans and creaks as the stress begins to wear on him.

He's pretty heedless of traffic, stepping on carts and knocking over fruit stands, and walking right through crowds without seeming to notice. It's almost eerie how silent he is, and how careless the normally amiable Pokemon seems to be.

Eventually, unless stopped, the golem will pass through the southern gate and stand there, the lights of his eyes flickering as he stares up at the sun. There's something comforting in that it seems, because he stops moving, standing there and seemingly awaiting something. The light inside seems to be shifting colors, going from yellow to a sickly green, to a pale blue...and then repeating in an odd pattern.

Maybe this would be a good time to call Lucca?]

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Woah woah woah!

[Duo had to dodge the massive Pokémon as it just stomped its way along through the town.]

Huh? [He remembered the video from earlier, so he dialed up Lucca on his armband.]

I uh... I think I found your missing Golurk. He's kinda changing colors... and I think he's heading for the southern gate.

[From Rotomcycleback Lucca squawks into the warp band:]

Changing colors? Oh hell! That's not good! He might blow!

Blow? Blow what? Blow up?

[Duo glanced in the direction the Golurk was going.]

What's causing it?

[He started running after it, sending off his Houndoom and Growlithe to clear the path and get everyone out of the way. There was a lot of 'doom' and 'lithe' barking in the background as they did so.]

It's an experimental belt. I need to get the settings recalibrated, but it's making his energy levels skyrocket!

Can someone just pull it off? Yanno... in case you can't get there before he goes?

[Duo was close, but he wasn't sure he wanted to get too close if he wasn't going to be successful. Not that he probably couldn't figure it out if he tried being another Engineer himself, but would he have time?]

No! Don't touch it! It needs to be fixed, not torn off!

[Honestly, no other engineer probably could. The way it was set up was in Lucca's own esoteric design, and it'd be a bit like trying to read translate Chinese when the only language you understood was Greek.]

Just...try and find him, and keep him from stepping on anything. And tell me where the hell you are!

[Duo made a face.]

I hope you're quick...

[He looked around.]

We're near the south gate. Looks like he's going through- [He paused in his talking. Luckily, his two firedogs were doing a good job of helping people notice the Golurk and get them out of the way.]

He stopped. Just outside. He's just... standing there. [Duo stopped running now, too.] Kinda staring off into the distance. The colors look pretty crazy. Yellow... green... blue... like a pattern.

Is there a buckle or something, then? You know... to take it off instead of breaking it. It's kind of hard to see past the light glowing from inside him.

[He could understand feeling protective of a project and all, but really...?]

[There's the sound of an engine in the distance, as the Rotomcycle inventor blazes towards the southern entrance to the city.]

Don't. Touch it.

[She's being serious.]

If that pattern speeds up? You run. But do not touch that belt. If you take it off...it'll trigger the reaction. I have to change the settings he was messing with.

What started it in the first place?

[Rotomcycle! Duo's own Rotom knew that sound! It started to get excited.]

Hey! You! Stay back from there!

[Duo started to shoo off some on-lookers. It wasn't hard when he had the creepiest Duskull ever floating behind him. His Houndoom and Growlithe, in the meantime, took to herding people away.]

He just started playing with the buttons and poof!

[The engine gets closer and closer and finally Gato seems to stop just outside the gates. The pattern flashes faster and faster and faster...]

Almost to the southern gate!

It's getting faaasteeerrr...

[And Duo was definitely keeping people back now.]

You sure I can't do anything 'cuz... yeah...

[Shocker zipped around Duo like crazy. Rotomcycle was coming!! That was way more exciting than a Golurk about the blow up!]

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