Section - tying
Attachment relates various things to each other. The verb to be stuck to implies the attachment relation.
Instead of tying the bandages to something:
try tying the second noun to the bandages.
Before tying something to the bandages:
if the noun is stuck to the second noun:
say "[The noun] and [the second noun] are already tied together." instead;
otherwise if the bandages are stuck to something (called the other thing):
say "I know this is illogical, but in this game you can only the the bandages to one thing at a time, and right now it is already tied to [the other thing]. You'll have to try something else." instead.
Instead of tying something to the bandages:
now the noun is stuck to the bandages;
say "You tie [the noun] to [the second noun].".
After examining something that is stuck to something:
say "[The noun] [is-are] firmly tied to the bandages."
After printing the name of the bandages when the bandages are stuck to something (called the other thing):
if we are taking inventory or looking:
say " (firmly tied to [the other thing])";
now the other thing is mentioned.
Untying it from is an action applying to two visible things. Understand "untie [something] from [something]" as untying it from.
Instead of untying the bandages from something:
try untying the second noun from the bandages.
Before untying something from the bandages:
if the noun is not stuck to the bandages:
say "But [the noun] [is-are] not tied to the bandages." instead.
Instead of untying something from the bandages:
now the noun is not stuck to the bandages;
say "You untie [the noun] from the bandages."