Hi, just wondered if anyone else uses dream characters during lucid dreams to direct the dream in direction you want it to go?

Recently I have been searching my LD landscape for DC's and when I find them I talk to them, pretending to be someone they know or starting a conversation on the assumption that they know exactly what I’m talking about. For example if I wanted to hook up with a really hot girl, I would say to the DC something like "Hey have you seen my girlfriend around? I can’t believe how much of a lucky guy I am, she is so hot!" and let the DC lead me to where she is in the house! This or variations of this nearly always work for me except when I wake up during the conversation.