So here is a little snippet to set up future events in multiple character arcs
Well after that 'discussion' with Ichabod, Marzipan went over to the Turtles' Lair to vent for some tea and sympathy, April and Casey were there too.
"I don't know what to do anymore…" Marzipan said to her Third Earth friends as she cradled a cup of tea in her hands "...Nothing I do works! Anytime I try to reason with Ichabod he puts up a wall and basically his whole problem is the 'What If' question like 'What if I met a Cat Humanimal first would I be happier with him? And I can't answer that question I can only tell him I love him in the here and now...But he won't accept that and it's driving me crazy! But...I also recognize that I've done similar 'What Ifs' in my mind particularly when I was a Kitten playing with my overactive imagination…"
The Turtles felt complete sympathy for Marzipan...In particular Leo was also recognizing a part of himself in this tale, Ichabod's behavior reminded him of his time after the incident on Shredder's spaceship and where his downward spiral was because he couldn't get out of that head-space of the fact they nearly died...He couldn't stop...Catastrophizing as he learned was the name for it.
Just then Marzipan's Dimensional Jumper started ringing she saw who the caller idea was.
"Hang on." Marzipan said "I got to take this."
She answered the device "Hello, what is it Julia?"
The Turtles watched curiously wondering what the Mutant Hyena Cub was calling Marzipan was about.
After a few minutes of listening Marzipan said "You're calling me because Caesar won't stop playing computer games?! Julia he's a boy! Boys sometimes get obsessed with their toys! I know I sometimes got obsessed over whatever computer game caught my attention at the moment! Leave him alone, maybe let him finish his game and he'll probably go back to playing other kinds of games with the rest of you, Bye now."
Marzipan sighed, hearing Caesar's name reminded her of something when they were fostering the Cubs when they were during their first months after being hit by the ooze.
"I remember when we were fostering them…" Marzipan said "...Ichabod insisted he didn't want to use any kind of corporal punishment, and with him it worked. He just had to use a firm voice when scolding them and it was clear he was unintentionally using his pheromones he inherited from his mother which we could all detect with out noses...But when he went off the work and I was left alone with the cubs for the day...Caesar gave me the most trouble...I remember one day that little Chimp was literally bouncing off the walls! I had to get him under control somehow! My ancient feline predatory instincts activated...And I just leapt...And pinned him to the bed...I did my best not to hurt him and just had my claws gently pressing into his back to remind him who was boss...The other cubs were trembling and I remember to terrified look on Caesar's face as it was clear my claws were activating his own primate instincts about feline predators...When I finally sheathed my claws and took my hand off Caesar's back he never went that wild again and for a few moments all the cubs were terrified of me and I cried as I knew I did the one thing I knew Ichabod didn't want me to do and I was terrified of him finding out…"
The Turtles and their friends looked at each other contemplating this sorrowful story.
"I mean…" April quietly said "...I would want to avoid corporal punishment myself but if a kid is literally bouncing off the walls you have to do something!"
"We all got spanked more than once when we were kids," Don sighed as he folded his arms "Sometimes Splinter had to…"
"Some of us got more of it than others…" Leo said giving the side-eye to Raph and Mikey.
Really like this show's Marzipan was not as naturally maternal compared to Ichabod being a 'male mother hen' and I show Marzipan does have a short temper that she struggled with, with the cubs