Setting up Multiple Databases on a current site
I think I figured out what to do in order to pull this off. The issue was that the documentation in default.settings.php was rather lacking but I managed to piece it together. You do have to set your tables up explicitly and your databases as well. It has not helped the issue at all, and frankly it concerns me due to the issues with Drupal 8 coming that frankly might not be usable. So I'm going to pursue a different course of action on this.