Chores Be The Churning

**Chores Be The Churning** is the second episode of Alijah and Logan, and the first part of Season 1's Episode 2.

## Synopsis

Alijah and Logan are forced to clean the entire house while Josh and Britteny are away, struggling to do so when they're trying to break their world record on TowerDay, especially when Peyton turns up the heat on their temptations.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode where Peyton stars as a real antagonist.

## Transcript

(The episode starts with Alijah and Logan playing TowerDay)

**Alijah:** Ahh... sweet, sweet peace and video games...

**Logan:** (He burps)

**Alijah:** I'll take that as "I agree with you".

(Suddenly, Josh came to break the silence)

**Josh:** BOYS!!!

(In remark to this, Alijah and Logan both fell off the couch)

**Logan:** Chingaling...

**Alijah:** Yeah, Josh?

**Josh:** Have you lost your minds?! It may be summer time, but that doesn't mean you get to slack off all day! You're going to be involved with daily working matters to prevent you from becoming couch potatoes.

**Alijah:** Aw, what?!

**Logan:** But summer just started a day ago!

**Josh:** ...You don't remember what I said yesterday morning, do you?

(Flashback to yesterday morning at 6:00 am...)

**Josh:** Okay, boys. This is crucial information, so I need you to pay attention to every word that drops out of my mouth. Got it?

**Alijah:** Yes, sir!

**Logan:** ...Huh? Oh yeah.

**Josh:** When you get home, I need you to finish every single chore on your chore list. That means clean the stove, sweep the floors, do the dishes, mow the lawn, and anything else around the house that looks even a *little bit* dirty. If it's not done, you're grounded! Remember my three-strike rule, you two.

(The bus honks its horn)

**Alijah:** Okay, cool- bye, Josh!

(Josh waves at them as Logan follows Alijah, leaving the flashback at that before the screen pans back to the present)

**Logan:** ...Can't remember.

**Alijah:** Me either.

**Josh:** (He sighs, irritated) You still need to do chores.

(When Josh said chores, it echoed as the screen closed in on Alijah and Logan at a rapid pace, reverting everything to an animation, where multiple stickmen replicas of the two boys are running around in terror as buildings are set ablaze or falling down with the environment violently shaking. Even an asteroid struck, which brightened everything and went back to reality)

**Alijah & Logan:** Do... chores?

**Josh:** Yes.

(That's when everything became bleak as the two fall on the couch dramatically)

**Josh:** We're leaving soon, so get to it ASAP!

**Britteny:** Josh, we're all packed!

**Josh:** Coming, hon!

(He would jog away alongside Britteny, gathering the kids and going outside, only for Savannah to throw a ball at them)

**Savannah:** Goo!

(It would hit Alijah, but he still didn't move as they left the house)

**Alijah & Logan:** Uncool.

(After that, we cut to Alijah sweeping and Logan sorting out dishes)

**Logan:** This... hurts. I can't feel my arms and legs... and my tummy is hungry.

**Alijah:** Yeah, but the sooner we get it done, the sooner we can chillax. So let's pull through, alright?

**Logan:** Okay... wait, what do we have to do again?

**Alijah:** It's all on this paper I wrote while Josh told us what to do.

(Alijah hands Logan a piece of paper full of multiple sentences, which transformed into a close-up)

**Logan:** (Off-screen) That's a lot of chores.

(It soon zoomed out to Alijah and Logan looking the paper after a while)

**Alijah:** Yeah, it's a handful.

**Logan:** Wait, how'd you write all that down?

**Alijah:** It's from yesterday, I guess. Maybe I'm just very analytical.

**Logan:** Ana-what?

**Peyton:** Analytical, Logan. It means keeping notes with logical reasoning.

**Alijah:** Thank you, Peyton. Wait- Peyton! Don't you have to do any chores?

**Peyton:** Nope! I already did my room.

**Logan:** ...But I had to clean it for you.

**Peyton:** I know. (She giggles) Now, I'm gonna go talk to my friends. You boys have fun. (She walks away)

**Logan:** Hey, wait-

**Alijah:** Don't. It's not worth it. Let's just finish what we have to do on this list.

**Logan:** Fine... let's go do our stinkin' chores.

(Groaning, Logan wipes his fridge lazily until moving to the other side and wiping there. Meanwhile, Alijah swept the floors, and moved rather quickly whilst pacing through the house)

**Alijah:** Swept.

(Then, Logan started to grab the towel and wipe the fridge to dry it, until he dropped it and sat down)

**Logan:** Okay, I'm bored.

**Alijah:** Get up, dude. If we don't finish these, Josh'll kill us! And we won't get any food from Pizza Palace!

(That's what made Logan's eyes lit open: no pizza. That's where things got serious)

**Logan:** No pizza? Let's roll!!!

(And so, combined his efforts with Alijah's to do everything twice as fast. They both wiped the tables, cleaned the playroom, picked up nearby toys, did the dishes, and stopped at their room)

**Logan:** Time to scrub the ol' man-cave.

(Alijah then grabbed the broom with a serious glare)

**Alijah:** Let's end this.

(Then, Alijah pushed the broom across the room as it picked up heavy amounts of dust, and threw dirty clothes to Logan as he shot them into the washer professionally)

**Logan:** Full hoop!

(After that, Logan dashed into the room as Alijah finished where the broom left off on, leaving Logan to pick up the beanbag entirely so he can sweep under it)

**Alijah:** Dust obtained.

(Logan then dropped the beanbag as he reached under the bed and threw everything into the dumpster outside. He sighed in relief as Alijah came out with some dust on his clothes, finished with their room, before giving his old pal a fist-bump as the screen panned outside, having everything clean and sparkling)

**Alijah:** It is done. It is finally done, and we can rest.

**Logan:** Finally. Now let us go.

(As the heroic music ended, they slowly turned around to go back inside before Peyton stopped them)

**Peyton:** Where do you two think you're going?

**Alijah:** Inside!

**Logan:** We're done with the chores, *sonnn*!

**Peyton:** Um, no you're not, *sonnn*. (She said, sarcastically mocking Logan) You need to mow the lawn before you can plant your butts on that couch again.

**Alijah & Logan:** The lawn?

(We look outside, as disgusting, heavily-detailed close-ups of the dirty lawn are seen on the front of the lawn and in the back. After that's over, we pan back out to the three kids)

**Alijah:** But that'll take forever!

**Peyton:** Hey, it's your chores, not mine.

**Logan:** But we just got done cleaning the inside of the house!

**Peyton:** Don't care.

**Alijah:** Hey, you just sat down playing patty-cake with your friend, Hannah!

**Peyton:** You do the same with Logan.

**Logan:** But that's because patty-cake's fun when you get to make your own lyrics.

**Peyton:** No it's- oh, just do the dang lawn!

**Alijah:** ...Fine. But remember, you owe us.

**Peyton:** Yeah, right.

(She scoffs, walking off, leaving Alijah and Logan alone again)

**Logan:** Now what? I can barely feel my arms, dude. We can't do this!

**Alijah:** Nonsense. We have the one thing everyone else *doesn't* when it comes to mowing lawns.

**Logan:** Dignity?

**Alijah:** Other than that. Coffee!

**Logan:** But we can't drink coffee.

**Alijah:** Yeah, but it's not just any coffee. It's kids coffee!

(We then cut to them being in the kitchen)

**Alijah:** Time to assemble the ancient "kids coffee".

**Logan:** What are the ingredients?

**Alijah:** Easy. It's a combination of milk...

(He grabs two cups and fills them with milk)

**Alijah:** ...coffee creamer...

(He reaches into the fridge and pours coffee creamer into the cups)

**Alijah:** ...and chocolate syrup.

(He would swap the coffee creamer with chocolate syrup and pour it into the cups before putting it back up)

**Logan:** Why can't we use marshmallows?

**Alijah:** That's only for dessert purposes. Now then...

(They both pick their cups up)

**Alijah:** ...with the drink of kids coffee, we will obtain an unfathomable boost in stamina, power and mobility. We'll be portable working machines, and be able to finish any task given to us like superhumans. We w-

(Logan was already drinking it)

**Alijah:** Dude, we're supposed to drink it at the same time! ...Oh, what the hey?

(He shrugged it off and drank it as well, with them both finishing their cups at the same time before having everything turn 2D like the show's intro)

**Alijah & Logan:** WHOA!!!!!!!

(Everything around them was magical, ranging from laser dolphins to missile cannons, as everything else was like a fever dream)

**Alijah & Logan:** THIS... IS... AWESOOOOOOOOOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(They then energetically zoom into the backyard's shed, retrieving the lawn mower before Logan speedruns the backyard, pushing everything into the sky to mow, as when he gets done in seconds, it all falls back into place)

**Logan:** I feel so... EPIC!

**Alijah:** Alright, let me get in on this action!

(He said, with Logan handing him the lawn mower whilst he speedruns the front lawn)

**Alijah:** AWESOME!!!

(They made everything else look like it was a fluid, fictional animation of chaos, having the same type of music play while they cause the lawn mower to blast them into the sky and rush throughout Block Block, accidentally sending Peyton into space)

**Peyton:** AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(They kept on flying as Peyton landed not too far away, making an explosion on impact that soon made everything turn white before it faded back into Alijah and Logan lying on the ground, groaning in pain)

**Alijah:** Oh, my head...

**Logan:** I feel worse than frozen ravioli...

**Alijah:** At least we did our chores. Up-high.

(They high-five each other, smiling, only to look up with fatigue. Meanwhile, Peyton was in her room, looking at them from outside the window)

**Peyton:** Pathetic. (She closes the blinds) Those bumbling morons can't even mow the lawn. Why am I even jealous of those two? Just because they're more "popular"??? So what if they get more respect than me? So what if they have more friends than me? So what if they make friendships faster than me- ...and have better social lives than me... and... OH, WHY ARE THOSE IDIOTS MORE FAMOUS THAN ME?!

(In anger, Peyton growls and bounces on her bed aggressively)

**Peyton:** I'm the big kahuna around here, and everyone should know that! ...But how?

(She started thinking on her bed until she looked back at Alijah and Logan lying on the ground tired and back at the screen; said cycle repeated several times before she finally came to a conclusion)

**Peyton:** Eh, I got nothin'. (She lied down before it finally hit her) That's it! I'll make those two slack off so hard that when Josh gets home, they'll be caught wet-handed, spanked, and GROUNDED! Then- and only then- the attention of all the famous people in Whatchamacallit will be MINE!

(WIP)