18-LA

18-LA is an eccentric commercial actor who befriended K'theenya during her visit to the moon of Alaine.

Biography
18-LA's true nature is unknown, but K'theenya assumed he was some kind of cyborg given the combination of a robotic name with middle-aged looks and an ability to consume liquids and solids. That said, he is very eccentric, often making nonsensical statements and lamenting about how things were much better back in the day. He is also in the advertising business, and his commercials are always bizarre. He has an affinity for ALILA-brand whiskey.

Chapter 8: The Enemy of My Enemy...
In 150,084 CMT, 18-LA visited the moon of Alaine and walked into a bar. There, he met K'theenya, another bar patron and fan of alcohol. The two hit it off immediately, and spent much of their time on the moon together, cracking bad jokes and laughing the night away. K'theenya sometimes cringed at just how nonsensical some of 18-LA's jokes were, but she still found him entertaining enough to hang around, at least for the time being.

A few days after their first meeting, 18-LA met K'theenya in the bar again. After she tried (and failed) to think of a joke she once liked, 18-LA started ranting about jokes that don't make sense and the fact that restaurants serve food on plates instead of shirts. K'theenya laughed awkwardly, pretending to understand 18-LA's rant while wondering if she needed better friends.

Suddenly, Mazkertis appeared outside the bar and attacked several civilians, prompting K'theenya to investigate while 18-LA stayed behind.

Chapter 13: Never Say Don't Ever Again
Several weeks later, 18-LA visited another bar on Sojourn IV. He taunted some gangsters by calling them "tiny cutesy men", so they took him out onto the sidewalk and beat him up. BONES, Ross Mandell, and an Ayy-Lmalium ignored him and stepped past him into the bar.

Chapter 14: Spark
When Xavier appeared in the bar, the gangsters who were beating up 18-LA were so disgusted by Xavier that they decided to beat him up instead.

Trivia

 * 18-LA, like several other characters in BZPB, is a character from a Youtube Poop. The original work was an advertisement for 1800 Tequila presented by American actor Michael Imperioli.