Airport, he's at the

"airport, S/he's at the...," phrase: used to refer to any character who becomes sidetracked by a plot tangent, and ends up too far away to help when combat starts. Ex: Forget about Johnny. He's at the airport. [DG]
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Addendum: Comes from a Champions game where one player insisted on going to the airport to follow a lead while the rest of us stayed together and later got the snot beat out of us without him. [DG]