Help me pick screennames! (Contains Effulgence spoilers)

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Eeee~ Thanks! =)
EDIT: What element is the Kingfisher from Cosel?
EDIT2: Thoughts for the Sunshine Rayne (Oh, ha. Didn't notice that before!): notatyourservice, thismaysting, stay-n-gloat (all from quotes from Buffy).
For standard Boy Bell (from various phrases): think_with_ink, keep_in_mind, clear_as_a (as in clear as a bell), rings_a, or bookandcandle
For Ice: (from common phrases and meteorology): all_hail, cold_hearted, breakingthe, glaze_event, super_cool, rime_or_reason.
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BlueSkySprite: I don't think I saw either of your edits! The Kingfisher from Cosel is a human.

Added a new set to the list:
A triad of young!Libby, older!Libby, and Chris journals, paralleling neverbeatme/prima_sequentem/queensidecastle, because I found a new set of PBs for the three of them and I want alternate generic journals. Libby screennames tend to be two-word Latin phrases, so far quoting Cicero but other Latin sources are also acceptable, and may also be drawn from any actual James-Moriarty-related source; Chris journals tend to be chess-related.
Any notions, anybody?
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I think this quote looks promising:

Non nobis solum nati sumus ortusque nostri partem patria vindicat, partem amici.
We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

Probably someone who actually knows Latin should check the grammar, but possibly "amici_vindicat"?
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Heh. Actually, I have partem_amici picked out for a potential alt-version-journal of Cherry Cordial :D I believe it means something along the lines of "the friends' share".

Other screennames I've thought of for Libbies but haven't used yet:

ad_pacem, Elysse from Alucine - the "for peace" part of "I will not cease to advocate for peace", iirc
ea_memoria, Erzsi from Dragaera - "those memories", iirc
summa_iniuria, thinking about it for this very purpose - the "extreme of injustice" part of "an extreme of law is an extreme of injustice"
causas_rerum, thinking about it for this very purpose - "the causes of things", from a passage about how understanding cause and effect and past and future is what separates humans from animals
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I went digging for quotes in the Georgics from a vague sense of association I have yet to actually explain. Possibly the fact that I did once long ago read most of the thing. Some of my favorites so far:

"Nec morti esse locum" - "No room left for death"
"Exerce imperia" - while I'd probably have put it as just "exercise your power" the translation I dug up is listing is as "exert a rigorous sway" which makes me giggle
"In tenui labor, at tenuis non gloria." - Means roughly "though the workers are small, their glory/accomplishments are not" (from the section on bees)
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Ooh, thank you!
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If anybody's read the Vorkosigan books, I need a screenname for a haut-woman malcontent Bell.

Edit: Nevermind, came up with one.
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I'm afraid I don't have any to offer but want to say EEEEEE!!! to Vorkosigan-world Bell.
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We will probably start her very soon! We are very excited. I am most of the way through the book series but she shows up circa Cetaganda so I don't have to finish before we launch; limiting factor is kappa assembling Miles icons.
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I'm eventually-soonish going to need three screennames for a Joker-Sherlock body-sharing pair from that world - one for the two of them combined, one each for their separate selves. For those of you who know what I'm talking about: I'm replacing Mark Pierre and his original split personality with a different person who splits along different stress lines. :D
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