He'll notice her when he's a few paces away, distractedly (maybe reflexively?) smile back, until his gaze drops to something else, and he focuses back on the shelved books.

Welp that was awkward. Whatever. Marian is a little embarrassed at how hard she's failing to be socially outgoing and Make Friends, but to be fair she hadn't been planning on that when she left her apartment. She should probably head back soon, anyway. 

...She's also realizing that she doesn't, like, actually have a library card for this library, and wouldn't be able to take out any books even if she wanted to. Soooo maybe she should go ask about that? 

"Oh, welcome to Haven! Just fill out this form with your address, and we'll send you a card in a few days."

Yep, easy, she can do that! She does have to think for a moment to remember her address.

A crowd of students enters the library as the librarian takes the form back with a smile. They look to be somewhere between 7-10ish, and are wearing slightly formal uniforms, jackets over button up shirts for the boys and blazers over thin sweaters for the girls. The two adults with them is wearing a larger version of the uniform, and after saying something in a low voice to the crowd, the kids spread out in pairs to peruse the shelves.

Awww, cute! And so reassuringly normal and not weird. Marian will smile and wave at the kiddos on her way out. 

A couple will wave back, smiling, and then she's back outside in the crisp autumn-scented wind, the sunlight starting to turn gold as the afternoon deepens.

And she'll cheerfully bike home to her new apartment to do a bit more unpacking and make herself some vegetable stew for dinner and to pack for lunch tomorrow. ...She makes a note to herself that it would be cool to know her neighbors, and maybe on her next day off she can do some baking and bring them cookies or something - that's how you get to know your neighbors, right? at least in a small town she doesn't think that's super weird to do - but for right now she does kind of want to save her social energy for her FIRST DAY AT A NEW JOB.

WOOO FIRST DAY

"C'mon in," Carla says when Marian knocks on her office door, as email instructed, and when she walks in she sees her manager arranging some snowglobes on her shelf. "Welcome back." She's smiling as she turns and picks up a folder. "Good day to have as your first, we've been empty since yesterday afternoon. Come on, let's get you set up at the nurse station so you can get through some of these trainings... and don't get excited, Rachel mentioned your zeal in the training room, these are just to make sure you understand Haven's procedures and software and so on."

(It is so surreal that the unit being empty is a thing that happens???? Honestly, some part of Marian would maybe have preferred for her first day to be a super busy hectic hellshift - because it's more interesting and because everyone else would be too busy to pay attention to her and make her feel Observed - buuuuut that's an irresponsible thing to want, it'll definitely be better for her future patients if she has time to really get to know how things work around here.) 

Marian is going to very firmly try not to feel embarrassed about having her ""zeal"" called out. She's pretty sure that being enthusiastic about training is a good thing, even if it's probably part of why she stood out to Isobel's clique at Montfort as a target for bullying. 

She is caffeinated and so ready to go on learning Haven's procedures and software!

A quick stop at the locker rooms to show her which is hers, some privacy to change into her new uniform, some ID cards, and then...

"Welcome back!" Mallory waves enthusiastically from the nurse station, beaming as she and Carla approach.

Lucy is smiling too, and pats the back of a chair next to the computer beside her. "All yours, already set up and ready for you to go through the gauntlet."

"It's not that bad. Just a bit boring."

"Hopefully some companionship helps you get through it faster," Carla says, smiling despite her dry tone. "But if they're more of a distraction, there are private work rooms too, if you remember where they are?"

It'll probably be a little distracting, but on the other hand Marian does really want to get off on the right foot here and actually make friends among her colleagues, which means avoiding being too introverted. 

"I do remember where they are, thanks, but I'll try doing it here to start." She smile brightly at Carla and then slips into the chair in front of the computer. 

"Alright, feel free to come find me if you need anything, or when you finish."

Mallory waits until Carla is out of sight, then smiles at Marian. "I want to ask you how the move went and what part of town you're in and everything, but I don't want to distract you either. But if you happen to have some spare attention you can imagine that I'm interested in those things!"

"Same," Lucy says while browsing through some patient records. "I'll be doing some outpatient followups, but feel free to talk under me."

Marian smiles back at Mal. "Yeah. Uh, I should see what this involves and then I'll know if I have spare attention?" 

How difficult is the procedures and software orientation? 

Not terribly, relative to what she's used to! There are tutorials walking her through a few stereotypical example cases. They're efficient, if a bit mind numbingly simple, clearly meant for people less computer savvy than she is.

...Yeah okay this is kind of boring as a sole activity. Marian does conscientiously try to give it her full attention for a few minutes, buuut it does eventually seem like she's not going to miss out on anything if she multitasks. 

"- Uh, I think the move went okay?" she says to Mal. "Only got in yesterday. I bought a bike and signed up for a library card." 

"Ooo, I haven't been to the library in years. It's nice, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it was nice!" Click click click Marian will do a few more tutorial bits before answering in more detail. "Bigger than I would've expected for a small town, I think? Oh, and I saw a bunch of really cute schoolkids come in at one point, is it near the elementary school?"