The Ride of Tears

= The Ride of Tears is among the most shameful ways to die in the Hard-Glazed society, more-so than spooning. Those executed on the Ride of Tears are normally murderers, those accused of adultery, and white-hide newborns with visible genetic defects. Indeed, similar to spooning, those executed on the Ride of Tears lose all hierarchical status and all their heirs are nullified if they are of formerly noble stature. =

= The Contraption =

= The Ride of Tears consists of an extra-tall water-slide, standing at approximately twenty-five feet tall. It is three feet wide and about thirty feet long. The water-slide, however, is filled to the brim with razorblades and other sharp blades, beginning at about the four-foot mark on the way down. Those condemned to die have their hands tied, are blindfolded, drenched with honey to lubricate them, and forced down the slide by two powderboys, each armed with a pike. If the condemned is still alive by the time he reaches the bottom, at which point he will have likely lost several limbs and all of the skin on his back, several nearby beekeepers will let their bees loose upon him, to feast upon the honey and his flesh. After the condemned is expired, they are transported to the Iron Gate of Glaze to be displayed outside, for the doors have not opened in centuries. =