Sending a particle emitter out on a random journey

Challenge: I have a particle emitter that starts at a particular point on the left side of the screen, and 5 seconds later I want it at a particluar point on the right side of the screen. But in those 5 seconds I want it to go out and drop particles all over the screen.
I could draw a motion path for the emitter to follow, but I'd like to have a path that is a little more random.
I'm hoping there is a behavior that will allow me to get this random motion while still being able to target where the emitter ends at the 5 second mark?

Put the emitter in a group. Move the group with a Motion Path behavior. Put a wriggle on the emitter's position. That way the group will get where it's needed, but along the way, the emitter will wriggle around.
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import emsc.oracle.apps.emscper.sfapi.proxy.types.sfobject_sfapi_successfactors_com.IsValidSession;
import emsc.oracle.apps.emscper.sfapi.proxy.types.sfobject_sfapi_successfactors_com.IsValidSessionResponse;
import emsc.oracle.apps.emscper.sfapi.proxy.types.sfobject_sfapi_successfactors_com.Login;
import emsc.oracle.apps.emscper.sfapi.proxy.types.sfobject_sfapi_successfactors_com.LoginResponse;
import emsc.oracle.apps.emscper.sfapi.proxy.types.sfobject_sfapi_successfactors_com.LoginResult;
import emsc.oracle.apps.emscper.sfapi.proxy.types.sfobject_sfapi_successfactors_com.Logout;
import emsc.oracle.apps.emscper.sfapi.proxy.types.sfobject_sfapi_successfactors_com.LogoutResponse;
import emsc.oracle.apps.emscper.sfapi.proxy.types.sfobject_sfapi_successfactors_com.SFCredential;
import emsc.oracle.apps.emscper.sfapi.proxy.types.sfobject_sfapi_successfactors_com.SFParameter;
import emsc.oracle.apps.emscper.sfapi.proxy.types.sfobject_sfapi_successfactors_com.Error;
import java.io.File;
import javax.xml.rpc.ServiceFactory;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.xml.ws.BindingProvider;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPException;
import java.util.Map;
import oracle.security.ssl.OracleSSLCredential;
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    private String greaterThanEffDt;
    private String lessThanEffDt;
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    protected void setUserName(String value) {
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    protected void setPassword(String value) {
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    protected void setDeveloperKey(String value) {
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    protected String getLessThanEffDt() {
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    protected void setLessThanEffDt(String value) {
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        credential.setPassword("XXX");
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WARNING: Unable to connect to URL: https://api4.successfactors.com:443/sfapi/v1/soap due to java.security.PrivilegedActionException: javax.xml.soap.SOAPException: Message send failed: String index out of range: -7
Session Credential Exception
Exception => ; nested exception is:
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