Ah well. At least that knocks the uncertainty if it will even work factor out of the equation. The least i can do now is tell how to do a VILD/CALD technique. You and your MC are supposed to do the VILD technique together. If you decide to go with pedro’s origional example, (which can be found here: ww.The BIG VILD Topic - Part I) then the friends should instead be your MCs. Both you and your MC must be 100% ready and willing to put effort into this. Plus, if you can make a high quality vivid visualazation of the dream to be incubated a few times before even starting the technique, it will work better and be easier to visualize with greater detail when actually doing the technique.
Oh, and by the way, where is Talon?