Ordering Applied Briefs No.02 — Figure 04: Managed Variable · Decision Drop · Gravity Load

This companion visual presents Managed Variable, Decision Drop, and Gravity Load as three distinct mechanisms of structural repricing under failure cost. The figure distinguishes actor-side repricing, authority-side relocation, and commitment-side accumulation. It shows that the same surface appearance — continuation — may reflect different underlying mechanisms: an actor becoming managed, causal authority moving below the visible interface, or prior commitment becoming gravity. This figure accompanies Ordering Applied Briefs No.02, The Decision Drop World: How Visible Decision Interfaces Lose Causal Authority Under Systemic Pressure.