Alright, here's my problem. I'm attempting to locate someone in my dreams whom I've never seen in the waking world. Someone I know strictly through the Internet, though I do know what he looks like through the use of photographs. I've read that telling yourself, and believing that they'll be around that next corner will pretty much make them appear is a sure way of doing it...well, it works. But not quite the way I want it to.

Instead, it'll always manifest into someone I know in reality. Someone I have contact with often, such as one of my brothers, a friend, or a friend of my brother. The only success I've ever had was through the use of a device...and even in this case, I can't remember the conversation. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice as to how I can make this person appear in my dreams? This is the fourth time I've searched for him while lucid, and I can't find him! This applies to objects as well! I'll tell myself there will be a sword in the closet, but no sword!

Any tips would be much apperciated.