Aaah, that gots me an idea for the story (although it may sound a tad chlichee):
Centuries ago, Aquria was inhabited by a number of species, all living in either peace, neutrality or conflict (as I kinda don't see the Kronites as the peaceful utopia race). One day, however, all of these races vanished from the sea, never to be seen again, only leaving behind one family (Naija's great great great great parents or something) to guard something and make sure that what made them leave would never happen again. Over the course of time, however the purpose of the guardianship, and what they were guarding at all, was lost (naturally, if the guardian parent, thinks "I don't wanna make my child bear the same heavy burden" and thus more and more information gets withdrawn over the generations) up till Naija, who only knows that she is pretty much alone in the sea and is to make sure to guard something.
Thus, she sets out exploring the corners of Aquaria, gradually uncovering the truth about what is not supposed to be out again.
Of course this story DOES come with its plotholes, namely the fact how one family was able to reproduce over several generations, and why Naija is the only girl in the current generation, but gimme some room here :p
Oh, and as the "twist" in the story, we could have a ghostly entity give Naija tips and pointers throughout the game, only to find out that this was indeed the dangerous thing she was supposed to guard, only helping her to get out.
Edit:
Wow, I shouldn't write stuff early in the morning. Cleaned up a few spelling and grammar mistakes.
And got another thing.
We could build in the whole "Humans do only bad things to the sea" vibe, by implementing Li as a conflicted member of the race who unleashed the now sealed horror into the sea in the first place, either because they thought dumping it in the sea would make it THEIR problem, or by accident.
And it looks like I'll have to do this mostly alone afterall, oh well xD
And here goes even more. I'm not sure if it's doable, but we could make a song that lets Naija hear the "thoughts" of sea-dwellers, thus basically making conversation. Say, you have troubles reaching a ledge out of the water, which would be easily reachable with Hot Soup. Now, if you play said song near a nearby Dolphin, it'll think "Man, I always manage my best jumps with Hot Soup, but afterwards I always feel exhausted."
Something of a "trigger conversation" song.
Oh, yeah, and another thing sprang to my mind. Remember my story up there? Well, we could also skip on the whole Great grandparent part and instead make Naija the "eternal guardian". Basically, she has been guarding the thing for hundreds of years, but her mind got dull through the daily lonliness and monotony. One day, however "something" reaches out to her mind, sparking a new light, basically waking her up from her trance.
Or we replace the guardian part with "Last Survivor". Something terrible happened with Naija going unconscious in the process. As she reawakens, she finds herself completely alone, with no idea what happened or how long she'd been passed out (maybe she was frozen in ice and we let her start in an Ice Veil environement. Somewhat of a tutorial area.). Thus she sets out exploring what exactly happened, and where everybody's gone to.
And some feedback from a few people would also be nice, as ALL these story alternatives sounds nice to me, but I'd also like to know how good a story sounds to those who'll play it in the end
