Stage Struck?

"Look, Pearl", says Pickle, "that knife could do a lot of damage to our tender skins if we were to come here in numbers". "Don't worry" said Pearl, "this is only Kabuki". "I don't care if it is Suduko" said Pickle "it looks pretty dangerous to me, I am going to add this to my report to our Masters back home in Ascalonia". "Are you sure?" asks Pearl, "it all looks quite harmless to me". "Don't be naive" says Pickle "this is only an undercover way of demonstrating military might and think of the increase of French onion soup if we invaded! Our Rulers must know of this development!".
LITTLE FLY upon the stage/ With no claque, are you all the rage?/ When your little stardom palls, What happens when your curtain falls?.