#Aster's lore and mechanics would probably bump Pressure up to a 16+ rating but it's interesting to think about how she would work in-game

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The voices have consumed me so have some mock-up Pressure badges for Aster

Little more lore on them (and Aster's hypothetical in-game mechanics) below the cut

- Aster would be a rare encounter in the game, maybe slightly less rare than Pandemonium. She'll spawn in a medical section leading to the House most of the time, but on rare occasions, she'll spawn in Sebastian's shop and I Hope It Hurts gets locked out. There is a chance for her to spawn twice if you find the medical wing after Door 50, allowing you to get I Hope It Hurts as well as a third badge that I have yet to design.

- Universal Donor: Aster gives her blood for free, so if you take it, you get a full heal plus a double health boost. She'll toss you the blood vial to pick up and inject, but you can hold onto it for later use. If you get it when she spawns in Sebastian's shop and leave without trying to hurt her, you might get an approving hum from him as you leave. Maybe. She says bye when you leave :). You can make small talk with her, and you can hear the two bantering if you stand outside the vent.

- I Hope It Hurts: When you find Aster outside of Sebastian's shop, which is very common, you are given the option to "kill"/hurt her (similarly to the scrapped Pressure ending) and take multiple blood vials from her body. This gives you a lot more health (you can stack up to 600 health if you got Universal Donor first), but you can take a lot more damage. The screen will thankfully cut to black instead of showing what happens, but she will be hiding in the shadows and you will have two vials of her blood when the cutscene ends.

- You will hear her crying as you leave, and if you go a few doors ahead and then go back, her body will be gone. If you do this before reaching Sebastian's shop, you will hear her crying on one of the elevated areas when you get there, and he will not look happy to see you. If you die after getting IHIH, you can see her standing behind Sebastian, and he has a chance of saying some new voice lines that don't carry his usual snarky, amused tone. Instead he'll sound very cold, almost hateful.

- You can locate her by listening for humming.