Novelty reduces by 5 every time MC cums, I'm sure.It's affected by the "novelty" stat - basically, you're penalized for being monogamous. Slightly longer version: there's a stat called "novelty" (visible in the girl's summary screen at the bottom of the "sex skills" box:
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) which degrades by I think 5% per girl each time you have a sex scene with her, and regens by like 1 or 2% each day. Lust * Novelty (or something like that) = total clarity gained. So, if you sleep with someone 5 times in a day, the next time will produce 75% the clarity you'd get if it was a brand new person. The stat changes also show up in the summary pop-up at the bottom-right of the screen - here's after interacting with someone at 100%...
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...and here's after with someone at 85%:
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If you're seeing weirdness outside of this, let us know!
The Novelty mechanic does punish monogamy for some ridiculous reason.
Married couples have more frequent and better sex.
Thankfully, you can get Clarity from Researcher Duties; and if you are monogamous, once you're done modifying an LI you can focus Clarity on Trait Research exclusively.
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