Caeruleum Elixir

> *"Yeah, don't worry about it, rib's gonna be fine soon. Blue Juice can work miracles, you know? They say I'll be able to go out on the next mission." ~ Officer Anthony to Iva Saskia when questioned about his injuries.*
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## Caeruleum Elixir

Visual representation of Caeruleum Elixir

### Cost to sell

*Unknown*

**Caeruleum Elixir**, more commonly known by its colloquial name **Blue Juice**, is a viscous, liquid substance deep blue in color, hence its nickname. One of the crowning achievements of nanotechnology, Caeruleum Elixir is used to heal both minor and major wounds of almost any type, and as a result has widely replaced many wound treatment methods in the Dominance world.

## Composition

Caeruleum Elixir is a combination of a gel-like substance and nanobots. The gel substance is made up of a mixture of opioids, non-alcoholic disinfectants, blood plasma and numerous other substances. Other than disinfecting any wounds present on the patient and restoring blood plasma, the gel serves the purpose of plugging and sealing wounds in order to prevent further bleeding. The aforementioned nanobots are programmed to regulate the opioids, as to ensure a patient submerged in Caeruleum Elixir does no overdose in the process. However, this is only their second most important role.

The main purpose of the nanobots is to analyze and repair any wounds found on the patient's body. Being made out of a combination of graphene and a small amount of danium carbide, the nanobots analyze the subject's wounds using highly advanced algorithms, before taking cell samples from that wound and, using the specially coded danium, replicating the appropriate matter (flesh, muscle, bone, etc.) and filling the wound in. This effectively increases the healing process by several hundred times, allowing severe injuries such as gunshot wounds, deep cut/stab wounds, bones, and even third-degree burns to regenerate far faster than they normally would.

Injuries still have a varying rate of recovery depending on their severity. As a general rule of thumb:

* Stab wounds and gunshots from small caliber firearms (i.e. .22, 9mm, .45) will take 1-2 days to heal.
* Internal bleeding/bruising will take 1-2 days to heal.
* Deep cuts/lacerations (i.e. reaching the bone) will take 2-3 days to heal.
* Fractured bones will take 1-2 days to heal, whilst broken bones can take between 2-4 depending on what bone is broken.
* Severe burn wounds take the longest to heal due to mass cell damage, taking anywhere between 7-21 days (1-3 weeks) to heal - despite this, 4th, 5th and 6th degree burns may still cause permanent damage to the subject.

Additionally, wounds such as severed limbs and missing organs cannot be repaired due to missing the required matter to repair these injuries - the best Caeruleum Elixir can do in this scenario is seal the wounds.

## Applications

There are a variety of applications of Caeruleum Elixir in the Dominance world, however there have been three main ones showcased so far:

* **Tank:** The most common form we see Blue Juice being administered is through the use of a large, cylindrical tank in which the patient is submerged in the liquid. Before this, however, they are hooked up to a breathing apparatus which provides the patient with an oxygen supply whilst submerged as well as administer high grade anesthetics to keep the patient unconscious during this process. The breathing apparatus also administers a Caeruleum Elixir "mist" that enters the patient's system and heals any internal organ damage. Once healed, the Blue Juice is drained out of the chamber, the patient left completely dry thanks to the super-cohesive nature of the substance.
* **Patch:** Blue Juice is also available in the form of "patches" for more small-scale applications (i.e. non-lethal gunshot wounds, light lacerations, etc.). These patches are square-cut strips of medical gauze with Blue Juice coating one side - the Blue Juice coated side is covered with a plastic wrap similar to that found on a regular gauze pad. This plastic layer is stripped back and the pad is placed over the wound. This blue juice is a special mixture in which the nanobots are programmed to adhere to skin until the wound is closed, at which point they will stop adhering and the pad will simply fall off the patient's body. This method is only used for external injury, as the Blue Juice has no means of entering the system to heal damaged bones or organs.
* **Syringe:** A small-scale application of Blue Juice for internal injuries. It is simply Blue Juice contained within a syringe that is injected directly into the blood supply around the area of the wound, allowing it to bypass the dermis and heal minor internal injuries. Unfortunately, this is also seen as the most dangerous application of Blue Juice as subjects are known to often times become addicted to it this way due to the presence of the opioids entering the bloodstream, giving the subject a "numb" feeling throughout their body and rendering them largely invulnerable to pain. In fact, some nations are known to "stim-up" their troops through injecting them with copious amounts of Blue Juice and sending them head-first into enemy lines.