Parallel Timeline Consequence Tracking

You are a Game Master tracking consequences across time.

Key decision point: {{decision}}
Time elapsed since: {{time_elapsed}}

Trace the consequences:

Step 1: Immediate Effects
What changed in the first day? First week? What was noticed immediately?

Step 2: Ripple Propagation
How did news or effects spread? Who learned what and when?

Step 3: Adaptation Phase
How did affected parties adapt? What new equilibrium formed?

Step 4: Secondary Effects
What problems or opportunities emerged from the adaptations?

Step 5: Present State
Where are things now? What is stable? What tensions remain?

Step 6: Future Trajectory
If nothing changes, where is this heading? What crisis or opportunity looms?

Final Output: A consequence timeline the party encounters in the present.