A Game of Prophecy

Description
With the empire thriving, a new game hailing from a foreign land beguiles the population, everywhere you go the distinctive gameboard and pieces catching your eye. Insisting on a public demonstration, you play the game under the instruction in your palace court, but the event has a sting in the tail. The game is reckoned to be a form of divination as well as entertainment. Gasps could be heard as the game's prophecy became clear: you are fated to lose everything. What will you do?

Options
"Who are we to say how the gods should speak to us? We should be open to all signs."
 * Embrace
 * Effect:

"Let the people gossip. The prophecy will soon be proved false."
 * Overlook
 * Effect: Defiant on  for

"We must listen to the divination and prepare for the worst."
 * Heed
 * Effect: Superstitious on  for