wolvendeer: Coolness, I’m sorry things didn’t go quite as planned-- But if you ever want some help scrolling, I have a pretty good memory of what’s happened here C:
Teraflare: I usually summon my characters by setting my intention, then closing my eyes, sort of just willing them into place. It usually goes like this:
“Ok, I’m dreaming. Need to stabilize. More clarity, now.” Then the dreamworld becomes more clear.
“I want [character name here] to be here when I open my eyes.” I stare at the empty spot for a bit, willing the character into place, and imagining what they would be like if they were there, I then close my eyes.
When I open my eyes, they’re there.
If this doesn’t work, I might try transforming a nearby object(perhaps even better, a nearby dream character if the occasion allows) into the character, as I have done once.
I did that by staring intensely at the DC and willing it to change (which i didn’t feel bad about because it was a DC version of a friend of mine so I knew it wasn’t her), and pulling it apart with my hands because I wanted to summon two characters. The two halves became the characters I was summoning.
Your priority should be, however, to stabilize the dream. I do so by projecting my intention that “this dream WILL continue,” followed by a command, such as “Greater clarity” or “stabilize now.”
I hope that helps some ^^;