Section 5.5.7 of the Rules:
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5.5.7 Special Equipment Rules
<T25> The only equipment that may be brought on to the ARENA is the OPERATOR CONSOLE, reasonable decorative items, and special clothing and/or equipment required due to a disability. Other items, particularly those intended to provide a competitive advantage for the TEAM, are prohibited.
<T26> Devices used solely for the purpose of planning or tracking strategy of game play are allowed inside the ALLIANCE STATION, if they meet ALL of the following conditions:
Do not connect or attach to the OPERATOR CONSOLE
Do not connect or attach to the FIELD or ARENA
Do not connect or attach to another ALLIANCE member
Do not communicate with anything or anyone outside of the ARENA.
Do no include any form of enabled wireless electronic communication (e.g. radios, walkie-talkies, cell phones, Bluetooth communications, WiFi, etc.)
Do not in any way affect the outcome of a MATCH, other than by allowing TEAM members to plan or track strategy for the purposes of communication of that strategy to other ALLIANCE members.
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Bringing scarfs and/or flashlights would violate <T25> if they "provide a competitive advantage for the TEAM". Also, if any of the robots are using a light sensor during the match, then a flashlight could effect the outcome of the match.
As for the scarfs, if you could convince the refs/GDC that you were just tracking strategy and communicating the strategy to the alliance members on the other side of the field, then it could be ok.
I would just use hand signals, since there is nothing against that since the hands are part of your body.