Long ago there were cavemen. Residing in that sweet middle ground between Ozpins first life and his seconds' empire.
The most historically relevant caveman went by the name Ooga Booga The First, he was the leader of a small tribe in the tundras of Solitas before the kingdom of Atlas even had a name.
He was a generous and thoughtful leader, filled with curiosity and awe for the world and its detailed workings.
He was also the first to harness fire, vital for the growth of the Kingdom that was Atlas a few centuries to come. But that wasn't what made him the most important caveman on a global scale. unbeknownst to him at the time, Ooga Booga was going to find something life changing.
It was during a long hunting trip that he got jumped by a harsh and unforgiving blizzard.
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The spirits weren't in his favour today it seemed. Lost in the lowering tempretures Ooga Booga was desperate for a shelter and warmth, knowing how the snow bites and poisons his people.
Maybe all the spirits weren't in his favour but lady luck seemed to be a rebel, finding a glacier with a deep crack and cave was just what he needed.
Inside was a lot warmer than expected and got his rock man mind thinking on how to replicate it, he was going to be calling this new idea the Boogaloo, After himself.
The crack seems to widen and become taller, almost a real cave. Uncrouching Ooga Booga gazes around the dimly glowing cave, the spicy rocks that go boom helping his vision.
But there was something even brighter and his prehistoric mind fixated on it in under a heartbeat. Some kind of reflective bright rock with weird shapes and markings.
Proding it he backs off immediately after, cautious as to the spicy rock looking thing.
Except now that he touched it, it rings out quietly with the distinct sound of something being hollow.
It clearly wasn't another kind of spicy rock... So what was it? His curiosity was too much to bare so Ooga Booga relents and moves forward to interact with it a little more, unknowingly making history.
If he was going to freeze to death, it wasn't going to be done without a crazy looking thing like that going unexplored... or exploded, there was still that possibility.
He scoops the golden unknown up with both cupped hands like he was taking water from a pond, it was the most gentle way he knew how to pick something up. (Water spirits were shy, you had to handle them with caution and care, or they would slip away and splash off into their own realm once again.)
It didn't explode, that was a bonus.
But it didn't do anything at all.
In fact, it took Ooga Booga hours of shivering with it in his hands for him to realize it was dormant. No amount of proding and shifting did a thing.
So in true caveman fashion he brought it up slowly, opening his mouth and exposing teeth for a juicy chomp of the unkown fruit.
Jinn had many things, standards being one of them.
The top of the rock popped off and hit Ooga Booga directly in the forehead. Hard enough to send him to the floor and the relic out of his meaty hands.
A spirit, giant woman in shape and blue in colour was now floating just above the snowy floor. With a scowl no less, never a good sign when dealing with spirits.
"What the- what were you doing you utter baffoon! You almost ate me!" Googa Booga knows not what this title of baffoon is, it sounds nice so he takes it as a compliment.
The spirit had a hand covering her face at his quick nodding.
"Anyway... What knowledge do you seek?" Ooga Booga was confused but nevertheless tried his hand at this God speak, using the extent of his abilities he formulates a decent question.
"How Ooga Booga speak like spirit?" He felt really proud that this spirit looked like she understood, even if she was doing that hand face motion, it must be some kind of encouragement!
"Very well, I will give you the knowledge to speak my tongue, but be warned, this will hurt." Ooga Booga didn't know why pain had anything to do with it, must be God magic.
The pain started all too suddenly, his head felt like how the spicy rock tasted! It was too much! His vision fades into black.
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He wakes an unknown amount of time later, with words and meaning everywhere.
He knew things like brain, heart and all these crazy words, he even had a word for Aura and souls! everything! There was wonder in his eyes, looking around at the completely new world that gained limitless extra knowledge to view.
"This is amazing" Ooga Booga was looking down at his hands in disbelief, why did his hands have so many names? Palms? Thumb? These are so helpful!
Looking back at the one who knows all, Ooga Booga bows his head slightly and speaks with newfound knowledge "how may I repay you-" he stops and looks up "forgive me, but I do not know your preferred title."
The spirit smiles warmly, seductively to the untrained eye, It was very disarming. "My name is Jinn, and you have two questions remaining until the next one hundred years."
"Can I ask questions without it counting? As conversation?" Ooga Booga was loving these words, he knew how his people wouldn't be able to hold conversation with him any longer, so he wanted to get it out of his system now.
"Actually, yes, I allow meaningless queries" the spirit was smug, reminding him all too well he was dealing with a being of true power, the very fabric of time stopped at her command after all.
Gulping down built up saliva he thinks over his next question carefully.
It was surreal experience, his logic was still the same but he had all the knowledge to become something more...
But he didn't, did he? Ooga Booga was going to die from this blizzard long before this knowledge could be used.
So his next question was obvious...
"How do I survive?" Jinns face twitched in annoyance, no doubt hating how vague and information demanding his questions alway were.
Ooga Booga may not be that smart but he does recognize when something works, so far the more basic the question, the more potential knowledge there was to acquire.
True enough, Jinn pulls him into the pocket dimension that was her mindscape. Where she was free to recreate all the scenarios where he would need to know things in order to survive.
He was getting things like agriculture techniques to survive winter, hunting tips, Grimm weakpoints for combat... Everything he could and couldn't imagine about staying alive.
Now armed with names, concepts and plans Ooga Booga knew what to do.
His third question was a very valuable thing. Something that could shape the very future of mankind to come.
"How would somone get a Cat Faunus girlfriend?"
There was a very long moment in frozen time (Ooga Booga was aware of this pradoxical observation) where Jinn didn't speak.
"Sorry, you are just striking up coverstaion? Not using a question?" She almost sounded hopeful, begging even.
"What? No." Was the doomed sound of Ooga Booga throwing away his last question.
Needless to say, Ooga Booga was shortly thereafter equipped with more knowledge than was strictly needed to survive a long prosperous life. It was going to be an epic adventure, he had concepts to test and society to build.
But most importantly... A cat girlfriend to wed.