
He could also been off-duty, or his clothes be a replica and not the real thing (or their micro-canon might imply that Black Mages are much more common.) It's hard to say. Though I do agree that if your character is a member of a certain group you should try to look the part as best as possible unless you are in the process of levelling up and 'getting there' so to speak. Then you can handwave that your uniform is actually the correct one (even though in-game it doesn't look like it) and ask for OOC agreement in this.