Unfortunately for Luka, it was, in fact, bad Luka that was splattered on the ground. Whatever had splattered him did it quickly and abruptly! Either that or he thought he could face off against it.

"Down. Is there something you can drop? Oh, or that. " Nine reacts to something that the water washes up and deposits at Luka's feet.

It looks like a treasure chest, and it has handles-- wait.

Was the water up to Luka's feet before? It definitely wasn't, was the water rising...? (The water was totally rising with every wave that came in.)