Each of the eight scenes clues a different set of things. The flavor text describing each scene helps to clue the set, while the items in the set are clued by the scene dialogue.

Boston T stations	Central, Downtown Crossing, State, Government Center, Park Street	Clued by the green, red, silver, orange, and blue “teas”, as well as numerous references to stations
US Senate seats, 116th Congress	#5, #99, #39, #60, #61, #22	Clued by the first letters of the mascots, as well as John Adams, the first senate leader (as vice president)
Airports	LAX, SEA, BIL, ROW, DEN, OAK	Hidden as capitalized words in the text
T9 keys	DEF, MNO, ABC, JKL	Clued by the first letters of each text message
Disneyland Attractions	Pirates Lair, Walt and Mickey statue, Main Street, Disneyland Railroad, Toontown	Clued by descriptions of the places in Disneyland, and a reference to “magical land” in the scene description
Ticket to Ride routes	Salt Lake City-Helena, Helena-Winnipeg, Winnipeg-Duluth, Duluth-Helena, Helena-Omaha	Clued by a number and color in each paragraph
Star Wars Planets	Endor, Dathomir, Tatooine, Kashyyyk, Coruscant	Clued by the planet descriptions
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate characters	Fox, Link, Daisy, Snake, Cloud, Robin	Clued by the characters hidden as words in the text, as well as references to “ultimate”, “spirits”, and “super”

Each set of items draws a letter when plotted in order on an appropriate and current map. These letters spell the answer, BHANGRAS.