>>38039034I chatted about this a bit with nasfaqronie, keeping in mind meatbro's ideas, and the way I see it, catalognauts are essentially powered by something that shares characteristics of Vitubium, but also has some key differences. Something they share is that they form this link that allows the movement magical energy between realms. I jokingly call this something "Vitubium-Neutrino" above, but it could be called anything.
If chuubanite is vitubium bound to matter, then I guess Vitubium-Neutrino (VN) bound to catalognaut cells might be chuubanite-neutrino, or whatever we want to call it. I don't think it would be exactly true chuubanite, since it's not really standard vitubium.
As for why use a glyph, that's just one way to "activate" the VN so that it can have an active and an inactive state (so that this can be a conscious action, instead of always active). Using this kind of natural glyph could explain how catalognauts end up having a variety of powers; their powers depend on the glyphs which vary a little bit based on the individual. So that's why Xohildr is a vine thing, while Misaki has that limb regen thing, the natural glyphs formed by their VN is a bit different.
The neurotransmitters themselves could be also the activator substance for the VN, cutting out that glyph step.
Mind you, all this is up to the scrutiny of the original catalognaut anon, I could understand a desire to keep the inner working of catalognauts a bit more spiritual.
