diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/miniantags/revenant/revenant.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/miniantags/revenant/revenant.dm
index 4ee14c9fdf4..bd35548dfe2 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/miniantags/revenant/revenant.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/miniantags/revenant/revenant.dm
@@ -223,9 +223,7 @@
 	playsound(src, 'sound/effects/screech.ogg', 100, 1)
 	visible_message("<span class='warning'>[src] lets out a waning screech as violet mist swirls around its dissolving body!</span>")
 	icon_state = "revenant_draining"
-	for(var/i = alpha, i > 0, i -= 10)
-		sleep(0.1)
-		alpha = i
+	animate(src, alpha = 0, time = 3 SECONDS)
 	visible_message("<span class='danger'>[src]'s body breaks apart into a fine pile of blue dust.</span>")
 	new /obj/item/ectoplasm/revenant(get_turf(src))
 	ghostize()
diff --git a/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor/misc_floor.dm b/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor/misc_floor.dm
index 01452e74990..ba176cd0c8d 100644
--- a/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor/misc_floor.dm
+++ b/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor/misc_floor.dm
@@ -192,8 +192,10 @@
 			return
 
 	if(!. && isliving(A))
-		sleep(2 DECISECONDS)
-		new /obj/effect/temp_visual/ratvar/floor(src)
+		addtimer(CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(spawn_visual)), 0.2 SECONDS, TIMER_DELETE_ME)
+
+/turf/simulated/floor/clockwork/proc/spawn_visual()
+	new /obj/effect/temp_visual/ratvar/floor(src)
 
 /turf/simulated/floor/clockwork/Destroy()
 	if(uses_overlay && realappearence)
diff --git a/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor/plating.dm b/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor/plating.dm
index 61b11391ba6..050beadb770 100644
--- a/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor/plating.dm
+++ b/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor/plating.dm
@@ -246,8 +246,10 @@
 			return
 
 	if(!. && isliving(A))
-		sleep(2 DECISECONDS)
-		new /obj/effect/temp_visual/cult/turf/open/floor(src)
+		addtimer(CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(spawn_visual)), 0.2 SECONDS, TIMER_DELETE_ME)
+
+/turf/simulated/floor/engine/cult/proc/spawn_visual()
+	new /obj/effect/temp_visual/cult/turf/open/floor(src)
 
 /turf/simulated/floor/engine/cult/narsie_act()
 	return