Hi, um, we're looking
for Mr. Markham...

I am Markham. You are?

Mark, it's you know who.
About that request you posted.

Have we met?

I'm Mark's friend,
Joshua.

You're here because of my little
want ad with the Union?

Yep, that's us. We'd like to
hear a little more about it.

It was the last time I went to the excavation
site. Believe it or not I forgot my shovel there.
I'd like for you to go and get it for me.

Did you say, shovel?

That's right, shovel. They're also
called trowels or spades sometimes.

That's it?

What do you mean, “that's it”?
This is no trifling matter!
Have some respect!

Now, Mark...calm down.

Calm down?! He dismissed our
precious tool of the trade
as if it were nothing!

I heard it too, but you've gotta
take some deep breaths now.

If it's so precious to you, why'd you
go and forget it in the first place?

Urk... Well, you see...

He was set upon by monsters
and forced to leave it behind.
He wept the whole way back.

Of course we'd love to go
get it ourselves, but without
some help, there's no way.

Why not cut your losses
and buy a new one?

If you can afford to pay
us, that sounds like
an easier fix to me.

Do you know what you're saying?
If a tool doesn't fit the hand just so, it's
impossible to get any real work done!

It's just a shovel.
But it's far more than a shovel.

This makes no sense...

Without my shovel,
I've got no job.
Please!

Okay, then. We'll do it.

You can't always pick and choose
the work that comes your way.

You don't say... Hey, why
not? You're starting to
sound like a boss again.

Heh heh... Think so?

Don't go heaping too much praise on
him. It goes straight to his head.

By the name of Brave Vesperia, the
brightest star on the canvas of the
night sky, we accept this task!

The place is the temple of Baction
on the Hypionian continent.
I'm depending on you.

Of course it would have to be there...

What part of the temple?

As I recall, I headed to the northern
side as soon as I got underground.

I went one floor deeper, and
I remember checking out
the area around there...

That information's a little vague.

Also, you can tell
it's mine by the name
on the handle.

We'll just have to go
with those clues then.