You sigh as you walk down the street, heading to your family's store. For four generations, your family has run 1 of the world's most prestigious auction houses. While there were many auction locations, there's also a storefront in downtown New York.

You had wanted to get away from the family business, majoring in journalism at Columbia. However, after your graduation, it has been tough to find an internship at a news outlet, let alone a job. 7 months have passed and all you have written professionally is a restaurant review for a culinary magazine. Since your journalism career is going nowhere, your mother had insisted that you help out with the family business. After all, you live at home and your parents foot the bill for your credit cards.

You reach the storefront and swipe your badge, unlocking the glass door. The store is not open to Joe Schmoe off the street. Customers are required to at least have an appointment to peruse the wares available for auction or to pick up their acquisitions.

Janine, the receptionist greets you with a smile. "Good morning, John! Your father's expecting you. Just head back in."

"Thanks." You don't mean to be curt, but you're dreading your first day here and you know your father is not going to make it easy. As you walk pass Janine's desk, you turn around briefly to look at her. At 30, she was a pretty redhead who draws a very lean figure at 5'5". She dresses conservatively but you can tell that she's well-endowed.

You see your reflection in the glass door, thinking that you're not a bad looking fellow yourself. While only at 5'7", you have boyish looks and work out at the gym everyday. You wonder if Janine thinks you're good looking.

You go into the back office, which is a lot larger than the reception area. Only your father is around. He's looking at a bowl on a table. You walk up to him, waiting for him to speak.

"What do you think?" he asks.

"It's a bowl. Not bad," you reply.

He scoffs, clearly annoyed.

"It's worth half a million dollars, at least. Hopefully you'll learn something while you're here. Here, take it in to the vault, along with these new arrivals," he points at some boxes on the floor. "I'm not sure what's in them, so open them and catalog the items. Be CAREFUL."

You grunt your acknowledgement and get to work.

In the vault, you unpack the boxes to find various items and artifacts. A scimitar, a vase, some old books. All boring stuff.

The last box contains 5 smaller boxes. They're numbered 1 to 5. There's also a note. It says:

"Here are 5 rings that have never been gathered together in the same place at the same time. Throughout history, each has given its wearer great power and helped them achieve great feats. To my knowledge, the most a person has possessed at one time is three. There might be more, but these 5 are the ones that we know of. The rings each imbue their wearer with unique powers.

Ring 1: Time. This allows you to stop time and operate out of it.

Ring 2: Teleportation. This allows you to freely move to any place instantaneously, but you need to be able to accurately visualize the destination.

Ring 3: Invisibility. This allows you to be invisible, including the clothes that you're wearing.

Ring 4: Strength. This gives you the strength of 100 men.

Ring 5: Mind control. This allows you to control the minds of others. They will do as you command.

Each ring is adorned with a stone. Touch the stone to use the ring's magic and it will glow. Touch it again to deactivate it."