Huh, the battle beyond is still going on.
You have four Gym Badges… You might be able to defeat Charles! Please beat him for me!
God, what’s with people ordering me about? At least this is to fight someone rather than be backup.
I guess this actually makes sense as a roadblock – I’m irritated but I think that’s because this is a retread of hiker asshole. This is a perfectly fine badge-related block in itself, it’s just that it’s the second time they’ve made me get a badge in order to get past someone.
You know, considering how annoyed I usually am by the game ignoring me, it’s odd that I wouldn’t mind the barrier just disappearing with implied time. I guess it’s because I also like the idea things go along on their own, and also because that’s how it was a lot in the first games.
Charles keeps going on about being a heartbreaker. Don’t care! Battle time!