Warren Arcat

# Summary

A kindergarten teacher and father of two, Warren Arcat has set out with Bartie Creed and Pip Stop in order to learn more about the wide world of Pokémon.

# Pre-Campaign

Warren is divorced from a woman named Talia Firth, who he had two daughters with; his youngest, June Arcat-Firth and his eldest, Maribel Arcat-Firth. Warren has stated that he's trying to "get more into" the hobby of catching and learning about Pokémon in order to bond with his eldest, Maribel, who has recently spaced herself away from Warren. He was born and raised in the Blue District, but moved to the Green District later in life.

# Active Campaign

Throughout the short time the crew has known each other, Warren has proven himself to be the most rational, kind, and level-headed in stressful situations. He is very understanding, but also a bit naive, often giving the party the benefit of the doubt in stressful situations and trying to see the best in people before he assumes the worst.

He has also proven, time and time again, to know next to nothing about Pokémon and how they work on a deeper level than just being companions. During their time in the forest outside of Hexal city, rather than catching the Pokémon in a battle, Warren caught an emolga for his daughter Maribel through kind words and a granola bar.

Following the opening arc, Warren also showed he has a very deep love and respect for his family. He allowed his daughter Maribel to prioritize her fun over his own feelings and did his best to ensure June did everything she wanted to do during the festival in the Green District. He also entrusted his ex-wife and best friend, Talia Firth, to call the police during the crew's time of need where he couldn't.

Warren's strongest devotions lie with his friends and family- and admittedly a bit of a people-pleaser, as he has yet to say a direct 'no' to the party or his daughters. If the team's happy, then he's happy, even if they have more than unorthodox methods.

The beginning of the Frozen Heights Arc showed a lot about Warren's relationships outside of The Misfits. His ex brother-in-law, Theodore Firth, greeted him pleasantly and remarking it had been a few years since the two had seen one another and that his ex-wife Talia had texted him asking him to "save Warren" due to the video Warren had sent her of Bliss Song.

Later, when Warren had arrived home, the relationship between him and his eldest daughter Maribel was further explored. When asked how her day had been, she replied curtly it had been fun, and conversation soon died off after. The relationship between them appears to be awkward and strained, with there being a gap in their understanding of one another. However, in the morning, Warren comforted his daughter when she had heard the news about Bliss Song; telling her that bad people like Bliss need to be caught so good people can rise up instead, and that Maribel might be one of those people one day.

Further into the beginning session, Warren caught a Snom and a Froakie (named Latte and Macaron separately), using his "Dad" specialty to catch both.

Warren tends to believe the best in people, as seen in the Romantic Times Arc where he almost immediately trusted The Romantic based on nothing but his word, later inviting him to join the team because he was sympathetic to his cause. Also during this arc, Warren showed his anxiety about getting arrested during the adventures The Mistfits often undertake; choosing to leave the museum while Bartie and Pip continued to chase the mixed-species Pokemon who had stolen the ancient ball, and also deciding he'd rather leave his car alone in the museum parking lot than possibly being linked to the crime that took place the night before. Lemon Meringue also evolved during the battle in the museum, to which Warren expressed nothing but pride.

Upon seeing both Bartie and The Romantic's living situations, all he could do was say they look "homey". He did, however, offer advice to both; encouraging Bartie to apply to a community college in the future to boost her career and hopefully make more money, and encouraging The Romantic to work with The Misfits so that he could put his skills to better use and earn more money than he had been earning beforehand.

After The Misfits decided to visit Swampert Woods to investigate the lake of dreams, Warren waded into the water and bribed a very spacially-unaware Tynamo into joining his team, naming it Whippedcream. After seeing the Tynamo being stalked by a Magikarp further in the lake, Warren dove in to block the Magikarp from eating the Tynamo. However, he missed, the Magikarp swiftly swimming around him. The Tynamo shocked the Magikarp, unaware of what it did, and kept swimming and eating. Warren fed it bits of soggy muffin before he scooped it into his hands and offered it a Pokeball. It, not knowing what a Pokeball was, bumped into it and didn't fight the capture.

Later, when in his tent with Lemon, Pip came in to show off his new shiny Wooper. Warren reacted with little excitement, unsure about why "shinies" would cause such excitement- especially considering Pip himself already owned two fused Pokemon, which hadn't really been heard of. Later, when night struck, Warren left with The Romantic to search for Pokemon. After The Romantic ran off, Warren found himself incredibly drowsy- which led to him collapsing, unconscious, next to the lake.

After falling unconscious, Warren was greeted by a wispy Pokemon (the same one only Warren saw in the cave during the Frosty Heights Arc; seen to be a Marshadow, but this is unknown to Warren.) that took his hand and walked him to the center of the lake. Multiple locations were flashed to Warren; a frozen lake, an oasis, the ocean, and a city, all at night. A then spirit appeared, saying the following to Warren;

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"Come to Coastin Town, the spirits that rested have risen again."

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After a Mareep and Sylveon fell from the stars in the sky into the lake, Warren woke up terribly confused and stressed with a new mixed-species Pokemon at his side and a pink Pokeball in his hand. This Pokemon was a fusion of a Mareep and Sylveon, and was soon named Cotton Candy. Warren has been nonstop petting his hand through her wool to calm himself down following this strange vision.

After agreeing to put off the raid on the Reaper's Gangs' hideout for a few days, Warren took a trip to Hoenn with Pip on Blossom's request. While there he caught a shiny Wailmer, later named Gumball. Warren also received a favor from Markus Fallbrook, the detective he and Pip worked with to solve the mystery of the haunted hotel.

When Warren returned to Jikan, he and Bartie were immediately tasked with traveling to a relatively unexplored and undocumented region to the East of Jikan. Bartie gave Warren a gift, a Grubbin (later named Sushi). They shopped before they left; briefly trying to put on a show in the mall with their unique Pokemon. However, when things went awry, Warren was left standing in the middle of the mall with Gumball and Cotton Candy. He left quietly, clearly embarrassed.

However, once the two arrived to the new region, Warren was cautious of the metallic lakes they discovered. Though the lakes didn't seem to harm the Pokemon that touched them, he was not willing to risk his own Pokemon's safety in seeing how they worked. He caught four Pokemon total during his time in the region; a silver Oddish named Vark, a normal Nacli named Milkshake, a copper Cufant named Caramel, and a golden west-sea Shellos named Jello. However, following the altercation Bartie had gotten into with an Unown, a Yamask began following Warren. He has stated he has no intention to catch it unless it wishes to be caught, though he's already decided to name it Licorice (after black licorice) if it decides it needs a name.

# Trivia

* Warren is a self-published author; publishing short stories he's written to lull June to sleep so other parents can take it easy trying to relax their kids for the night.
* Warren is near-sighted.
* Warren is a maximalist, as shown by the description of his apartment.
* He has thrown three objects during the campaign so far, all at the same grunt. In the forest outside of Hexal City, he threw a rock at the grunt. Within the labs in the Green District, he threw two staplers at the grunt.
* Warren continued to flex his free-throwing ability by throwing a snowball at the Sneasel that Bartie had been after.
* Warren is being looked at to be promoted to principal at the school he works for.
* His team seems to be named solely after treats Warren seems to like; Lemon Meringue, Latte, Macaron, Whippedcream, and Cotton Candy.
* Warren consistently covers costs for Bartie due to her monetary struggles, and gifted her a new phone for her safety.