diff --git a/commands/everyone.py b/commands/everyone.py
index 8bfeae6..fec9dd9 100755
--- a/commands/everyone.py
+++ b/commands/everyone.py
@@ -38,23 +38,39 @@ def speech_effect(speech, verb, target, effects):
     return (speech, speech, verb)
 
 
-class CmdUse(Command):
+class CmdUse(MuxCommand):
     """
-    Use an item, probably something in your inventory, but could
-    also be something in the area.
+    Use an item.
+
+    The item, probably something in your inventory, could be something
+    in the local area.
 
     Usage:
 
-      use <item>
+      use <item> [= object]
+
+    This standard from the text adventurer tome is a catch-all command
+    allowing you to use or combine an object with another object.
     """
     key = "use"
+    aliases = ["apply"]
+    rhs_split = ("=", " with ", " on ", " to ")
 
     def func(self):
         """Call the 'do_use' method."""
-        item = self.caller.search(self.args.strip())
+        if not self.args:
+            self.caller.msg("Use what?")
+            return
+
+        item = self.caller.search(self.lhs)
         if item:
+            if self.rhs:
+                obj = self.caller.search(self.rhs)
+            else:
+                obj = None
+
             if item.has_method('do_use'):
-                item.do_use(self.caller)
+                item.do_use(self.caller, obj)
             else:
                 self.caller.msg(f"You can't use {item.name}.")
 
diff --git a/typeclasses/things.py b/typeclasses/things.py
index bf39880..7052283 100755
--- a/typeclasses/things.py
+++ b/typeclasses/things.py
@@ -87,26 +87,29 @@ class Rope(Object):
         return (self.search_exit("hut on stilts"),
                 self.search_exit("rope-bound hut"))
 
-    def do_use(self, caller):
-        if caller.location.key == "Mellow Marsh":
+    def do_use(self, caller, obj=None):
+        if caller.location.key == "Mellow Marsh" or (obj and obj.key == "Homey Hut"):
             # Randomly miss?
             hut1_exit, hut2_exit = self.hut_exits()
             hut1_exit.move_to(None, to_none=True, quiet=True)
             hut2_exit.move_to(caller.location, quiet=True)
             caller.location.add_room_state("bound")
 
-            caller.announce_action("$You() $conj(tie) a knot in $pron(your) rope-vines, and $conj(throw) a lasso around the hut, binding the stilts so it can't run away.")
+            caller.announce_action("$You() $conj(tie) a knot in $pron(your) vine rope, and $conj(throw) a lasso around the hut, binding the stilts so it can't run away.")
             delay(3, caller.location.msg_contents,
                   "Something tells you that the rope won't last for long.")
-            delay(25, self.hut_breaks_free, caller.location)
+            delay(60, self.hut_breaks_free, caller.location)
+        else:
+            caller.msg("Unclear how to use the rope that way.")
 
     def hut_breaks_free(self, marsh):
         hut1_exit, hut2_exit = self.hut_exits()
         hut1_exit.move_to(marsh, quiet=True)
         hut2_exit.move_to(None, to_none=True, quiet=True)
         marsh.remove_room_state("bound")
-        marsh.msg_contents("The hut, straining against its bounds, finally breaks free to run around the muddy marsh.")
-        # self.delete()
+        marsh.msg_contents("The hut, straining against its bounds, finally breaks free to run around the muddy marsh, rendering the vine rope useless.")
+        self.delete()
+
 
 class Trinket(Object):
     """