"Our actual school uniforms used to have some plaid, but they got rid of it when the town's school went to all plaid uniforms. Now we have just blue jackets and slacks or skirts and stuff. And ties, ugh."

He waved his fork. "The junior team uniforms finally got changed to just a simple black armor with colour accents to identify our levels. Makes it easier for the teachers to spot someone working above their grade since they may not know who we are, you know?"

At least, if you weren't BFFs with someone who could make the uniforms look different to different people. Cough.