The newest oddity of this project. I hooked up LC2 directly to the remaining sound on the MP3 board. The sound will not trigger when turning that output off/on. I tested the LC2 output with an LED I had and it turns on and off correctly. I tested triggering the sound from track power and the sound plays as desired.
I think I will test LC2 triggering a relay to send track power to the MP3 input and see if it works that way. I'm not sure what I'm not understanding correctly but fun either way. Nearing completion.