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While the assassins of the Ottoman branch of the Brotherhood tended to be quite busy most of the time, trying to keep Templar activity at bay around the city, it did not go unnoticed when an unfamiliar assassin arrived in the area. Still, it seemed he mostly knew where he was going, and though eyes were kept on him as he progressed, no one stopped him, yet. But due to word of mouth and a quick travel system set up between rooftops with ziplines, Yusuf Tazim knew about it and before long arrived to greet the visitor. In his own way, of course. Sliding down a zipline using his hookblade, he lands on the edge of a low roof not far behind Stille. "So! You must be the stranger everyone is talking about!" He says with a laugh, hands out in a wide gesture and a grin plastered across his face. "What brings you to Konstantiniyye?" he asks, as he drops down to ground level.

"Of course, of course, no need to stand about here, please, come inside," he says, leading him towards the east side of a large stone building nearby. They would go through a small courtyard before heading inside, into a large main hall, decorated very richly in Turkish design, rugs and banners with the assassin symbol of this branch hung about. Many archways led off to other halls and rooms, and a few other assassins loitered about. Yusuf would lead him to a long table, that looked to be where many meetings of various natures were held. "Hoshgeldin, Kardeshim! Welcome, brother, to our Ottoman home. So, what is this thing you were supposed to deliver to me?"

"Malik, eh?" Yusuf asks as he takes the proffered parchment and reads it over. "Hmm, silent Templars are never a good sign. Though I don't know much of their practices in other areas, if they take over one of our dens here, they flaunt their presence and rub our noses in it, but at least we know where they are." He snorted as he rolled the parchment back up, and motioned for a nearby Assassin to bring him some parchment for a reply. "Have you visited many branches?" He asks Stille. "Sadly I haven't heard much word from other Masters in quite some time, but I just assumed they were all busy," he says, as he writes a quick reply.

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Master Malik,

It is in my opinion that quiet Templars, while seemingly a good thing on the surface, is likely a sign of entirely too much plotting for their own good. If I had the Assassins to spare, I would help looking into it, sadly, numbers are down in my area as well. I thought perhaps our pocket of the world was simply out of bomb-making crazies to pick from, but if you say Assassins are becoming silent elsewhere, perhaps it is not just us. Whether a sign of running afoul of Templar plots or just lack of interest, perhaps a mass recruiting effort is needed...because I do not relish the thought of investigating this Templar silence with what few active Assassins we all have, Masters included. If you wish to meet to discuss this further, please contact me again.

At your service,
- Yusuf Tazim

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Letting the ink dry he finally rolls up the parchment and hands it to Stille. "Assuming you don't have any other stops to make here, would you like an escort out of the city?" he asks. His assassins would still probably follow along anyway to make sure he stayed safe, but he figured he would offer.