AN: I'd like to thank Who Am I? I am Nobody for thinking of the Retroactive or Zero Ring. I hadn't thought about a ring to make the changes retroactive. Also just a little note, I was only thinking of having the Mental Ring be the only one that doesn't affect other ring wearers but I like the idea of none of the rings affecting the ring wearers better. And now back to your regularly scheduled interactive.
You've decided to take a little stroll through the park seeing as it was a beautiful day. You wanted to forget about just how fruitless your job search has been up to this point. You've been out of work for three months now and the bills just keep piling up. If something didn't happen soon you would probably end up living on the streets.
Something glinting in the sun in the grass caught your eye and you went over to see what it was. Picking it up you discovered that it was a plain looking ring with the symbol of a man and woman with an arrow going down to the left of the man and an arrow going up to the right of the woman. You didn't know what the arrows meant but you thought you could look it up on the Internet. You were about to put it in your pocket but then you had this weird notion of wearing it. Shrugging you put it on and resume your walk. It wasn't long after that you felt something strike the back of your head and you plummeted into unconsciousness.
As you swim back to consciousness you notice that you're sitting in a chair and your hands are tied behind your back. You also notice that your feet are tied and you think that your hands and feet may be connected by some rope. An experimental tug confirms your suspicion. You haven't opened your eyes yet but you hear a guy say, "I see you're finally waking up. Sorry about my men having to knock you out but we couldn't take any chances."
You open your eyes and look at the man who was talking. He appeared to be in his early to mid forties and held himself with the confidence of somebody in a high position of power. "What are you talking about?" you asked a bit groggily. They must have hit you pretty hard.
"Do you know what you're wearing?" the guy asks.
"Just a cheap ring," you reply wondering why someone would kidnap you.
"It isn't a cheap ring," the man says a hint of anger in his voice. "That ring is worth millions because it's one of the Transformation Rings."
"What are those?" you ask thinking this guy was a loon but thought you had better play along since you were in no position to defend yourself.
The man takes a deep breath then begins explaining, "The Transformation Rings are rings that allow the wearer to change certain aspects of their own or another's body. Most who know of these rings know of the seven; Age, Sex, Mental, Inanimate, Mod, Body Swap, and Animal. These are the rings that many of those who know about them seek out. I've heard of an eighth ring that's called the Zero Ring. What each ring does is pretty selfexplanatory from their names. Each one has a different symbol on it identifying which ring it is. You have the Age Ring while I have the Sex and Inanimate rings." He shows you two rings on his hand. One has the symbols for male and female combined on it which would indicate that it's the Sex Ring while the other has an image of what looks like a rock on it which would mean that's the Inanimate Ring. "Now I won't ask you for your ring or take it by force," the man continues. "I am going to offer you a proposition though."
"What's your proposition?" you ask during a pause.
"It's really very simple," the man says looking a bit sad. "I own a major corporation publicly and would like to leave it to someone someday. I would like it to be one of my children but alas I don't have any. My wife and I are unable to have children of our own. We're going to adopt and that's where you come in. You can use your ring to grow younger and I'll use my Sex Ring on you to make you a girl. Then my wife and I will adopt you as our daughter. Will you accept my proposal?"
It was a tempting offer but you didn't see how he could really be serious about it. Maybe you should demand proof that the rings can actually transform someone before you accept any offer.