Issue with EM and sneaking after Town Section

[The Crossing, Firulf Vista]
Utter bedlam confronts you as you step out into this street.  This is the point where anyone and everyone who passes through the Northeast Gate either leaving town or arriving must cross paths.  You quickly conclude this is no spot to stop and admire the scenery of the regions of the Eastern Tier beyond, nor to study the local architecture around you, since the momentum of the crowd carries you along, almost without your realizing it.
You also see a town guard and a stone stairway.
Next move: go northeast gate
Obvious paths: east, south, west.
HR>
Mapped exits: go stone stairway
RT with no EXP.

[automapper]: sneak east

*** Retry movement

...wait 1 seconds.
HR> [automapper]: sneak east
You can't sneak in that direction.


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MOVE FAILED - Type: sneak | Movement: sneak east | Depth: 1
Remaining Path: east go northeast gate
go
northeast
RETRYING Movement...1 / 5 Tries.
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H>

*** AUTOMOVE FAILED. ***
Destination: NTR

[Moving: sneak east]
[automapper]: sneak east
H>
You can't sneak in that direction.
[Script finished (In 2.9927034 seconds): automapper.cmd(523)]
H> [ubercombat]: look
[The Crossing, Firulf Vista]
Utter bedlam confronts you as you step out into this street.  This is the point where anyone and everyone who passes through the Northeast Gate either leaving town or arriving must cross paths.  You quickly conclude this is no spot to stop and admire the scenery of the regions of the Eastern Tier beyond, nor to study the local architecture around you, since the momentum of the crowd carries you along, almost without your realizing it.
You also see a town guard and a stone stairway.
Obvious paths: east, south, west.
H> [ubercombat]: east

You can't sneak in that direction.
H> align 30
You come out of hiding.
Your relationship with nature and the elements of the surrounding area are out of phase.  You cannot seem to align here.
Roundtime: 5 sec.

R> beseech dark to sing
It's not dark in here!
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MOVING TO: 199

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