Ok I have been doing a bit of work and I was thinking of using a cast with the same feel as Chrono Trigger for some part.
Either way the Story (although still in the works)-
It begins in Chronopolis before the Time Crash (Year has yet to be decided at this time), You start as a member of Security. There is a group of Anti-Time Travelers who believe that time travel is wrong and that no matter what history should remain the same. They somehow (still being worked out, I take suggestions. Maybe they infiltrated Chronopolis?) discovered the actions Crono and his group took they decide to "fix" history. They manage to infiltrate Chronopolis and steal a prototype time machine that a female scientist was secretly working on. You manage to get there in time to see them disappear in a flash of light. The Female Scientist explains that the are part of the group HSP (History Structure Protectors) and they stole her proto type time machine which (Despite the tragic situation) she is proud works. She then reveals she had a second prototype built, however it had yet to be set properly so it can only travel to a period that the other device has been to already. She explains that they must hurry or else history might change before they can stop them. She uses the device before the your character ever gets a chance to reject thus beginning the adventure.
However when arriving n you destination you find yourself alone without the female scientist or a way of time traveling.
Ok that's a possible opening although it needs work.
Oh right and I was thinking Tata would make a nice Frog like character what do you think.
Conversation:
Main: We can't take the kid wouldn't that have negative effects on history?
F. Scientist: I'll wipe his memory before we return home...
Tata: What did you say?
Both: Nothing!
Of course that conversation was just a little joke but still.
Please tell me what you think! If you have suggestions just let me know.
Current Characters:
Main: I haven't chosen a name yet. He's a a member of the Security although his job is easy considering the robot guards he still considers his job important. He has a strong will to help people, but isn't enthusiastic about being forced to do things, in the begining he really just wants to go home. Although he is like the Crono of the game his element is Fire.
Female Scientist: She's bossy at times and tends to talk down on people, however she doesn't notice she doing so. She is a high ranking member of the staff at Chronopolis, however she is working on a secret personal project. It's this project that starts the adventure.Despite being sorta like the Lucca of the game her magic is Ice.
???: A girl that Main meets soon after appering in the past she seems aware of his time traveling and says she wants to help him go home. She is a sweet, but eccentic girl who talks in the third person from time to time. *Spoiler* She is actully the sister of the leader of the HSP and one of the 4 who traveled back to the past. She doesn't really care about returning history to it's original state. She only wants to help her brother who raised her since she was a child. Over time she comes to truely want to perserve the current history and stop the HSP but she doesn't want to hurt her brother. She is could be compared to Marle but she's nothing like her either way her element is Lightning.