For anyone confused of the position of the box, you have to go down the stairs near the goods shop. The box (???) is on top of a much larger box near the entry to the goods shop.
Ah, the ghost dude who gave me my AF gloves! I personally think it's the old man who runs the haunted chocobo farm, and he would have gotten away with it if it weren't for us meddling kids!
This NPC is part of the Gloves AF quest (for all jobs). He is the ghost of the legendary armor smith who made the AF armor, he agrees to fix your soiled and rusty gloves into your AF gloves if you bring him what he needs